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Jackson, Charles (?-?)
Charles Jackson was Englewood's first black policeman. He began working with the department in the 1920s. He married civic leader Alva Jackson. He had one daughter, Ida Dudley. Jackson died of Typhoid fever during the 1936 epidemic. The city replaced Jackson with another black… -
Englewood Police Fourth Platoon
Englewood Police Fourth Platoon was a squad created in May 1970 to patrol "trouble-prone areas" between six p.m. and two a.m. There was public debate over the usefulness of the Platoon and its effect on the relationship between the Fourth Ward and Englewood Police -
Police Brutality Case of Thomas E. Salmon (1970)
Three Englewood police officers were accused of beating Thomas E. Salmon, who was arrested at Blue Moon Tavern, while in their custody on May 31st, 1970. The officers, George Howe, Warren Lewis, and Timothy Toine were members of the Fourth Platoon. They were indicted before a… -
Firebombing of Julius Smith's "Smith-Mays Electronics" Store (1970)
On June 6, 1970, Smith and Mays Electronic Store was bombed by Julius Smith. This was twelve hours before Smith was set to testify before a Grand Jury where policemen Warren Lewis, George Howe, and Timothy Toine were accused of beating a man in their custody, Thomas E. Salmon.… -
Abrams, Jack (1893-1964)
Jack Abrams was a police officer and police chief in Englewood. He started his career in 1911 as an auxiliary officer and joined the department in 1916. He served in World War I. In 1922 he became a sergeant and in 1924 he rose to captain. In 1937 he was one of the founders of…Tags Police -
Guppy, Kate (?-?)
Kate Guppy was the first African American women to becoome a police sergeant and lieutenant in Bergen County. She began working with the Englewood Police Department in 1985. -
59 Iranians Arrested in Englewood (1981)
In August 1981, an international political crisis briefly unfolded on an ordinary stretch of Grand Avenue in Englewood, New Jersey. Englewood Police responded to complaints about several men sleeping in a van with Texas license plates. When officers approached and asked for… -
Two Englewood Police Shot (1959)
On January 31st, 1959 Edward Post fired shots at authorities hitting two Englewood police officers. Joseph B. Lynch and his girlfriend Sieglinde Klapprott were also arrested for their involvement. -
4th Ward "Uprising" "Disturbance" "Riots" (1967)
On July 21, 1967, in Englewood's fourth ward, residents rioted. Residents claimed that the other people of Englewood unfairly treated them and that the police were invasive. The unrest lasted for five days.