The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 24, Number 7 | Page 6

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | October 2018
This month in NJSACOP history…..OCTOBER
1913
The Association received a briefing from the Bertillon System explaining “the various finger-print
systems now in vogue,” further explaining that a class of instruction was being prepared which, for a
“very nominal” price, to make it possible for the smaller police departments “to enjoy the benefits of
finger-print and photographic system.”
1929
The Association received official notification from the US Department of the Treasury that the
organization comes “within the exempting provisions of Section 108(8) of the Revenue Act of 1928 and
similar previous Revenue Acts,” and that the association therefore “be relieved of duty of filing returns
of annual income so long as your purposes and activities remain unchanged.”
1953
The NJSACOP received a letter from Chief R.N. Long of Columbia, Missouri, thanking the NJ State
Association of Chiefs of Police for “information and help extended to him in his efforts to organize a
chiefs of police association in the State of Missouri.”
1981
The Association celebrated the signing into law amendments to NJSA 40A:14-114, commonly known as
the “Chiefs Responsibility Bill,” outlining the lawful responsibilities, rights, obligations, and protections
afforded to the office of Chief of Police in the State of New Jersey.
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