With close to thirty years of law enforcement experience in a mid-sized, central New Jersey municipal police department, the last nine years as the chief of police, I have an extensive and thorough working knowledge of all aspects of the day-to-day operation of a municipal police department, the importance of the relationship between the police department and the community it serves, and the importance of establishing a strong working relationship with all of the community's stakeholders. Twice during my nine-year tenure as chief, I was a panelist at the League of Municipalities Annual Convention, representing the role of a chief of police as opposed to a civilian police director and disc...