April 2026 | The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine 7
1931 In remarks to the Association during the April 1931 Monthly State Chiefs Meeting, newly elected Association president Chief Herbert Wilday( Morristown) urged the membership to“ personally take the time to supervise the Juvenile cases that are brought into your courts for petty offenses and endeavor to settle them outside of Court and thereby prevent them from becoming a matter of record so that the youngsters escape the stigma of a police record.”
Chief William Walling Chief Herbert Wilday Chief Jacob Helf
1940 As a part of his report at the monthly April 1940 NJSACOP Meeting, Legislative Committee chairman Chief Fred Roff of the Morristown Police Department, reported that the bill, endorsed by the Association,“ making it mandatory that a member of the police or fire departments must have at least three years’ service before being made chief” was receiving substantial support.
1959 At the April 2, 1959, monthly meeting of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Chief Raymond Mass( Shrewsbury) was sworn into membership. Chief Mass would go on to a legendary career of service to both the NJSACOP and the IACP.
Chief Fred Roff
1960 At the April 1960 monthly meeting of the Association, Traffic Safety Committee Chairman Chief Harry Knowles announced that“ the Attorney General has instructed Prosecutors to investigate the alcoholic and drug consumption in cases of fatal accidents. The discussions indicated that autopsies had not been performed in many counties in fatality cases. Credit for a uniform procedure of investigation, preparing and testifying in drunken driving cases was accorded to the Chiefs of Police.
1989 Chief George King reported at the April 1989 NJSACOP meeting that the Police Training Commission had voted at the PTC meeting on April 5th that, moving forward, all Special Police Officers seeking to be hired as a regular fulltime officer would now be required to complete the entire Basic Course for Police Officers.
Chief Harry Knowles Chief Raymond Mass
Chief Phil Muller
1999 During the President’ s report at monthly NJSACOP Meeting for April 1999, NJSACOP President Phil Muller( Sea Isle City) announced that“ the Executive Board has selected Mitchell C. Sklar for the position of Executive Director.”