The NJ Police Chief Magazine Volume 23, Number 4 | Page 4

The New Jersey Police Chief Magazine | April 2017 FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT CHIEF WILLIAM G. PARENTI NORTH PLAINFIELD PD Nearly every weekday the Association’s State Office sends out to our Active and Retired members the “Daily E-News Clips” via our email system. There is a good chance that if you are reading this, you regularly check out those daily news clips. Our State Office has the capability to track the number of “opens” that the various emails and alerts that the Association sends out, and the “Daily E-News Clips” consistently ranks as the most read by our members. This is good news (no pun intended) – it is vital that Police Chiefs stay on top of current issues and what is happening in the policing industry, both here in New Jersey and in the wider world. Make no mistake, we operate in a constantly changing and competitive environment. Unless you are able to keep up with the latest news, you are liable to miss out on essential information that just might be invaluable to you in a variety of ways. You never know when an issue that is current somewhere else might just pop up in your jurisdiction. Likewise, it is always in your best interests not to be taken by surprise by any event or trend that impacts your role as Chief and / or as a police leader. The articles that are linked in the “Daily E-News Clips” can touch on anything from important legislation, stories of selfless heroic acts by our police officers, achievements by our members or their departments, national or international news impacting the policing profession, just about anything that might be of interest and useful to our members. As leadership consultant Alan Feirer puts it, if you want to be at the top of your profession, “Stay well-read, and keep thinking, and talking, and networking, and make up your own mind.” Keeping up with the relevant news is a part of this common-sense approach. As Chiefs, we may not have the time to read each of the daily newspapers that cover our state. Our Association does that for us, and I urge you all to take a few minutes out of your day to keep up to date by way of the NJSACOP “Daily E-News Clips.” I also encourage you to send a link to [email protected] if you have a story in the media about your department. Sincerely, Chief William G. Parenti NJSACOP President North Plainfield Police Department 3