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About the Montclair Police Department
The Police Department is staffed by 111 sworn police officers
and organized into two divisions; the Uniform Division and the Investigative Division. The Uniform (Patrol) Division has the
primary responsibilities of both proactive patrol and responding to calls for assistance. Additionally, both the Critical
Response Team and Honor Guard fall within the Uniform Division’s scope of responsibilities. In 2006, the Uniformed Division of the Montclair Police Department responded to 62,600 calls for service
and made over 1,100 arrests.
The Investigative Division is responsible not only for the
follow up inquiries into crimes and incidents that have already occurred, but also for proactive activities such as the detection
and prevention of such crimes as narcotics distribution, Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) violations, prostitution, gambling,
internet solicitation of minors and fraud.
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In 1956, Thomas J. Russo joined the United States Navy. He served in the Mediterranean on the minesweeper USS Dash. He was honorably discharged
in 1958. In 1960, Thomas Russo joined the Montclair Police Department (New Jersey). Thomas Russo served through the ranks of the Montclair Police Department, ultimately
becoming the chief of police in 1993. He retired in 2001.
Thomas J. Russo is
a graduate of the FBI’s National Academy and the Secret Service Dignitary Protection School in Washington, D.C. He is
the recipient of a Certificate in Criminal Justice Education from the University of Virginia and a graduate of the Certified
Public Manager Course of the State of New Jersey. Thomas Russo is published his
autobiography Street Kid to Top Cop
in 2005.
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