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Laurel Anne Hester (August 15, 1956 – February 18, 2006) was a police lieutenant with the Ocean County, New Jersey Prosecutor's Office, who came to national attention with her deathbed appeal for the extension of pension benefits to her domestic partner.
Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey as the youngest of 12 children, Toma graduated from West Side High School. [1] In 1956, after serving 3 years in the USMC as a drill instructor and following a brief career as a professional baseball player, Toma joined the Newark Police Department, staying on for 21 years. Initially a patrol officer, Toma ...
Official portrait of Col. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (Badge#1), 1st Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf (/ ˈ ʃ w ɔːr t s k ɒ f / SHWORTS-kof, German: [ˈʃvaʁtskɔpf]; August 28, 1895 – November 25, 1958) was the first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, or Port Authority Police Department (PAPD), is a law enforcement agency in New York and New Jersey, the duties of which are to protect and to enforce state and city laws at all the facilities, owned or operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the bi-state agency running airports, seaports, and many ...
On December 30, 2014, 36-year-old African-American man Jerame Reid was shot and killed in Bridgeton, New Jersey, by Bridgeton police officer Braheme Days and his partner, Roger Worley, during a traffic stop for running through a stop sign.
In 2005, the Camden Police Department was operated by the state. [10] In 2011, it was announced that a new county police department would be formed, which would only patrol areas inside the city. [11] For two years, Camden experienced its lowest homicide rate since 2008. Camden also reorganized its police disbandment that same year. [12]
On May 6, 1995, Robert Simon along with the vice president of the Warlocks' South Jersey chapter, Charles "Shovel" Staples, were both sitting in a car in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey when they were pulled over by 15-year Franklin Township police veteran Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez as part of a routine traffic stop. [20]
In July 2014, Paterson, New Jersey Mayor Jose Torres appointed Speziale as Paterson's new police director as one of his first acts upon assuming office. [42] [44] The number of reported crimes in Paterson reached a 25-year-low in 2016, according to data reported by the city. Overall reported crime fell by about 12 percent from 2015 to 2016.