Thursday, April 11, 2013
Police Chief John Cook participated in the Meals On Wheels Association of America’s “March For Meals” campaign, which is coordinated by SAGE Eldercare in Summit.
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Thursday, April 11
Pictured left to right, Springfield Police Chief John Cook and SAGE Eldercare Meals On Wheels volunteer Dave Keeney of Summit, as they set out to deliver meals to senior residents on Friday, March 29. Police Chief Cook participated in the Meals On Wheels Association of America’s “March For Meals” campaign, which is coordinated by SAGE Eldercare in Summit. SAGE volunteers deliver meals to elderly residents in parts of Union, Essex and Morris Counties. For more information on the program, call 908.273.5554 or visit www.sageeldercare.org.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
SAGE volunteers deliver meals to elderly residents in parts of Union, Essex and Morris Counties.
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Thursday, April 4
Pictured left to right, Springfield Police Chief John Cook and SAGE Eldercare Meals On Wheels volunteer Dave Keeney of Summit, as they set out to deliver meals to senior residents on Friday, March 29. Police Chief Cook participated in the Meals On Wheels Association of America’s “March For Meals” campaign, which is coordinated by SAGE Eldercare in Summit. SAGE volunteers deliver meals to elderly residents in parts of Union, Essex and Morris Counties. For more information on the program, call 908.273.5554 or visitwww.sageeldercare.org.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Former auxiliary officer and son of celebrated auxiliary officer becomes fulltime cop.
This week, the Springfield Police Department welcomed a familiar face to the force. Springfield Police Chief John Cook and Mayor Ziad Shehady swore in Ercan Sidar as a Probationary Officer at the Springfield Township Committee meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Since December, 2011, Sidar has served the police department as Special Law Enforcement Officer and volunteered with the township's Auxiliary Police. But he was well known with the town's public safety professionals and volunteers before putting on either uniform. His late father, Tony Sidar, was a longtime, decorated member of Springfield’s Auxiliary police squad. Ercan Sidar started at the special law enforcement officer academy the week after his father died from complications from …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Son of the late and much-loved member of the auxiliary police force sworn in at Township Committee meeting.
Ercan Sidar is following in his father’s footsteps and blazing new trails of his own. Like his late father, the 22-year-old Springfield resident volunteers as a member of the Springfield Auxiliary Squad. But as of this week, Sidar is taking on a new role. Surrounded by his family, Sidar was sworn in as a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class 2 by Springfield Police Chief John Cook. As a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class 2, Sidar will have all the same responsibilities as a part time police officer. He was sworn in at the start of the last Springfield Township Committee meeting of 2011 His late father, Tony Sidar, was a longtime and much decorated member of Springfield’s Auxiliary police squad. Ercan Sidar started at the special law …
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
First Chief since 2009 and a sign of stability for department with recent public troubles.
To the resounding applause of a packed room, Springfield’s Township Committee unanimously voted in favor of naming John Cook the Township’s first chief of police in two years. Cook was sworn into office surrounded by his children, Vincent, Marissa, Cheyenna and Morgan. A large crowd of police officers, firefighters, former officials and high-ranking representatives from Union County were on hand to congratulate Cook. A long receiving line of well-wishers snaked through Town Hall after the ceremony, attesting to Cook’s popularity in the department and with other public safety agencies. A 22-year veteran of Springfield’s police force, Cook has led the force as officer-in-charge of the department since the late 2010 retirement of Union …
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4:44 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Congratulations Ercan, you are a great addition to the force! more ›