The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 23, Number 6 | Page 6

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | June 2017
From the NJSACOP Monthly Meeting Minutes
100 Years Ago – June 1917
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for June 1917 was held in Newark, NJ. Under
unfinished business, Chief Patrick Hayes of Hoboken:
Brought up the question of voting to turn over to the Federal Government the National
Bureau of Identification after some discussion it was decided to declare a recess of
five minutes and all members of this bureau present to get together and decide what
course to take. Chief Hayes stated after this meeting for members that delegates
going to the Convention of the International Association of Chiefs of Police were to go
uninstructed on this question.
Chief Patrick Hayes
(Hoboken PD)
85 Years Ago – June 1932
The NJSACOP Monthly State Chiefs Meeting for June 1932 was held in Newark, NJ. The
Regular Order of Business was dispensed with, and Newark Chief McRell escorted Newark
Public Safety Director Egan into the meeting. Mr. Egan “spoke along the lines of crime being
rampant now more or less due to the conditions existing throughout the country, and felt
all departments should co-operate to the fullest extent to wipe out organized crime….Mr.
Egan’s talk was well received, and asked again to be invited at some future time.”
Chief James McRell
(Newark PD)
DEA brings in record amount of unused prescription drugs on National
Prescription Take Back Day
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners
collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back
Day events.
On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 pounds (450 tons) at close to 5,500 sites across the
nation. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since September 2010, these events have
altogether collected 8,103,363 pounds (4,052 tons) of prescription drugs.
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue.
According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled
prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and
friends, often from the home medicine cabinet. The DEA’s Take Back Day events provide an opportunity for
Americans to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths.
"Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic,”
said Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. “That's why it was great to see thousands of folks from across
the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in - safely and anonymously - a record amount of
prescription drugs."
DEA’s next National Prescription Take Back Day is Saturday, October 28.
In the more two years since new regulations made the disposal of controlled prescription drugs easier for
patients and their caregivers, law enforcement agencies, pharmacies, hospitals and clinics have
begun continuous collection of these medications. To visit a collection site between Take Back Days, go
to www.rxdrugdropbox.org.
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