The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 23, Number 10 | Page 11

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | December 2017
This month in NJSACOP history…..DECEMBER
1914
Englewood Police Chief Frank Titus, one of the founding members of the NJSACOP, passed away
after a lingering illness. According to the obituary in the New York Times, the week prior the City
Council, as a mark of appreciation for his services, voted to “retire the stricken Chief on half
pay.” The Times also notes that Chief Titus was “an active figure in the New Jersey State
Association of Police Chiefs.” He was 52 years old.
Chief Frank Titus
Englewood PD
1928
A letter was received from the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company enclosing a check for
$100 as a donation to the NJSACOP. The Association also established a permanent “Police
Schools Committee” for the purpose of arranging “once a month or oftener…the different
chiefs detail a number of men to a designated place and have prominent speakers such as
Prosecutors, Judges and other men on subjects pertaining to police work.”
Chief Thomas Claren
Montclair PD
1931
At the regular monthly meeting of the Association it was
“regularly moved, seconded and carried, that this
association write the County Board of Freeholders of
Passaic, Bergen and Middlesex encouraging them in their
stand in establishing
the Teletype
system
of
broadcasting.”
1939
Treasurer McCarthy “again brought up the mat-
ter of finances of the association, pointing
out the fact that we were now actually in the
“RED", and that some effort be made to get
additional funds.”
Following
“considerable
discussion,” Chief Brennan of the Elizabeth
Police
Department moved that each
member be assessed $10.00 “to aid in the
financial stress of the association.” The motion
was carried, and the funds were collected.
1956
The Association received a letter from the Passaic County Police Chiefs Association requesting the assistance of
the NJSACOP
In an effort to have the State Statute in regard to the issuing of permits to purchase fire arms amended,
so that an applicant would have to be fingerprinted and the time extended for which the permit was to
b e i s s u e d f r o m s e v e n t o t h i r t y d a y s s o a s t o g i v e t h e police departments an
opportunity to make a thorough investigation of applicants, as to whether they had any criminal record.
1961
A moment of silence was held in memory of (recently deceased) Chief Peter Siccardi (Bergen
County Police), a former President of both the NJSACOP and the IACP, and one of the giants in
policing in New Jersey and the United States in the pre-World War 2 era.
At the same monthly Meeting of the Association, the Treasurer reported that the Association’s
accounts had a balance of $131.53. Chief Emile Bugnon reported that “some years ago when
the association lacked funds, the sum of $10.00 each was collected from the members present.
Chief Bugnon made motion that the Association make a collection from members to raise
funds.”
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Chief Peter Siccardi
Bergen Co. PD