As you approach the John H. Stamler Police Academy on the walkway leading to the front door, at the base of the flagpole bearing the American flag, you pass by an obelisk stone memorializing the names of the Union County officers who fell in the line of duty.
It is both a tribute to those officers, and a reminder to those of us they left behind that the duties and responsibilities of a law enforcement officers often places them at risk.
The staff of the John H. Stamler Police Academy is grateful for the men and women who place their lives on the line each and every day to protect our communities
Every life lost is a personal tragedy, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and communities of those we lost.
| Albert E. Jewell, Special Policeman | Rahway | March 2, 1895 |
| Jeremiah Dunham, Policeman | Rahway | April 26,1899 |
| Robert Paton, Police Officer | Elizabeth | October 16, 1918 |
| John J. Hiney, Captain | Elizabeth | October 22, 1918 |
| Jacob Kraus, Police Officer | Rahway | February 26, 1919 |
| James Lynch, Police Officer | Rahway | February 26, 1919 |
| Florance J. O’Sullivan, Chief of Police | Scotch Plains | September 2, 1921 |
| William John Logan, Chief of Police | Fanwood | September 27, 1921 |
| Michael Norton, Detective | Elizabeth | July 21, 1922 |
| Harry Orr, Police Officer | Rahway | December 41 1922 |
| Maurice P. Higgins, Lieutenant | Plainfield | November 26, 1925 |
| Frank Remer, Sergeant | Rahway | April 12, 1926 |
| Edwin B. Fitzpatrick, Patrolman | UCPark | October 17, 1928 |
| Thomas F. Condron, Police Officer | Elizabeth | March 22, 1930 |
| John G. Finiello, Special Agent | USDOJ | September 19, 1930 |
| John F. McGann, Police Officer | Elizabeth | December 15, 1930 |
| Thomas W. England, Patrolman | Hillside | August 16, 1932 |
| Frank Carine, Jr., Police Officer | Elizabeth | July 1, 1934 |
| John Byko, Policeman | Linden | June 17, 1935 |
| William J. Kroeschel, Police Officer | Elizabeth | August 14, 1936 |
| Edgar (Doc) Wright, Patrolman | Westfield | February 22, 1938 |
| George N. Guempel, Police Officer | Elizabeth | April15, 1941 |
| Andrew P. Forbes, Patrolman | Roselle | June 22, 1951 |
| Clinton Bond, Sergeant | Union | February 12, 1954 |
| Charles Bernoskie, Police Officer | Rahway | November 28, 1958 |
| Joseph R. Roessner, Patrolman | Springfield | March13, 1962 |
| John V. Gleason, Jr., Patrolman | Plainfield | July 16, 1967 |
| Thomas W. Kavula, Trooper | NJSP | September 19, 1968 |
| Robert M. Perry, Patrolman | Plainfield | July 1, 1970 |
| John James Burns, Police Officer | Rahway | January 8, 1971 |
| William J. Waterson, Patrolman | Clark | July 4,1971 |
| Frank Buczek, Patrolman | Plainfield | September 22, 1971 |
| Robert F. Hand, Patrolman | Cranford | February 11, 1975 |
| Anthony Lordi,Patrolman | Hillside | December 14, 1979 |
| Abigail J. Powlett, Police Officer | Plainfield | March 19,1985 |
| Thomas J. Hanratty, Trooper | NJSP | April 2, 1992 |
| Thomas P. Haughton, Patrolman | Garwood | November 24, 1995 |
| Mathew L. Tarantino, Detective | Summit | May 30, 2017 |
In The Line Of Duty Memorial Ceremony
Remembering and honoring Law Enforcement Officers who made the ultimate sacrifice
