Retired Chiefs

Chief of Detectives (ret.) 
Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office

MAS 2014 

Andrew Bartolotti
Chief of Police (ret.)
City of Summit Police Department

Career Achievement

Keith M. Bendul
Chief of Police (ret.) 
Fort Lee Police Department 

MAS 2010 

Richard Calabrese
Chief of Police (ret.)
Cinnaminson Police Department 

MAS 2016 

Vincent Caruso
Chief of Police (ret.), City Manager of Hackensack 
Lodi Police Department (ret.), City of Hackensack 

MAS 2013 

John Comparetto
Chief of Department (ret.)
Passaic County Sheriff’s Department

MAS 2005

Kevin M. Craig
Chief of Police (ret.)
Jefferson Township Police Department

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Philip J. Crosson, Jr.
Chief of Police (ret.)
Chatham Borough Police Department

MAS 2011

Darren P. Dachisen Sr.
Chief of Police (ret.)
Madison Boro Police Dept

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Raymond Davis
Chief of Police, (ret.)
Egg Harbor Township Police Department
Adjunct Professor, FDU School of Public and Global Affairs

Joseph Devine
Chief of Police (ret. dec’d.)
Morris County Police Department 
MAS 2002 

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Stephen Dollinger
Middletown Township Police Department (ret.) / St. Paul’s Police Department (ret.) / Hope Mills Police Department

MAS 2017

Robert J. Doyle
Chief of Police (ret.)
Magnolia Police Department

Arthur Drexler 
Chief of Police (ret.)
Barnegat Police Department 

MAS 2008

Justin C. Gabrys
Deputy Chief of Police (ret.) 
Dover Police Department 
MAS 2019 

Gary F. Giardina
Chief of Police, (ret.)
Clifton Police Department

James Van Goor 
Chief of Fire Department (ret.)
Village of Ridgewood Fire Dept. 

MAS 2020 

Earl Graves
Police Director, Deputy Chief of Detectives (ret. 2018)
Elizabeth Police Department, Essex County Prosecutors’ Office (ret.)

BA 1990

Bryan Gurney
Chief of Police (ret.) 
Ramsey Police Department/Boonton Police Department 

MAS 2002

Edward Hargis
Chief of Police (ret.) 
Frederick Police Department.
Portsmouth Police Department.
Camden Police Department.

MAS 2008 

Ray Hilling
Chief of Police (ret.)
Point Pleasant Borough Police Department

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MAS 2003

William Huyler 
Chief of Police (ret.)
Morris County Park Police Dept.

Walter Paul Kelly Jr. 
Chief of Police (ret.)
Summit Police Department 

MAS 2017 

Christopher Leusner
Chief of Police (ret.)
Middle Township Police Department 

MAS 2009 

Mitchell A Little (ret.)
Chief of Police
Toms River Police Department

Robert C. Lucid
Chief of Police (ret.)
Summit Police Department

Nichelle Luster
Chief of Police (ret.)
Union City Police Department

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Michael Maguire
Chief of Police (ret.)
Borough of Moonachie 

MPA 2009

Sean M. McKenna Sr. 
Chief of Police (ret.) 
West Deptford Police Department 

MPA 2011, MAS

Philip E. Meehan (ret.)
Chief of Police
Hazlet Township Police Department

MAS 2017

Walter Miller (ret.)
Chief of Police
Evesham Township Police Department

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Michael Morris
Chief of Police (ret.)
Egg Harbor Township Police Department 

MAS 2006 

Tomas J. Padilla
Chief of Police (ret.)
Hackensack Police Dept. 

MAS 2011 

Gerard Paris
Chief of Police (ret.)
West Caldwell Police Dept.

Matthew Petrecca
Chief of Police (ret.)
Plumstead Police Dept. (2012-2019)
Pine Beach Police Dept. (2019-2021)

Vincent Petrecca
Chief of Detectives (ret.)
Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office

Al Stiehler
Deputy Chief (NJ Transit PD) (ret.)
Chief (MTA Police Department)
NJ Transit Police (1987-2017)
MTA Police Department (2017-2020)

MAS 2020

David Stokoe
Chief of Police (ret.)
Randolph Township Police Dept.

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Lawrence D. Suffern
Chief of Police (ret.)
Englewood Police Dept.

Thomas C. Walsh
Chief of Police (ret.)
Monmouth Beach Police Dept.

John Michael Ward
Chief of Police (ret.)
Ridgewood Police Dept.

John Zimmerman
Chief of Police (ret.)
Kenilworth Police Dept.

Richard Molinari
Chief of Police (ret.)
Union City Police Dept.

MPA 2016