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“I would like to thank Chief Suffern for his service to the residents of Englewood for more than 30 years, and I wish him good health and all the best in his retirement,” Musella said. “I also commend the men and women of the Englewood Police Department for their dedicated service, and we look forward to working with them to ensure that public safety remains the priority of the department as we transition to a new leadership team.” City Manager Sonia Alves-Viveiros called working with Suffern “an honor and pleasure.” The Prosecutor’s Office will remain in charge while the city l...

Prosecutor takes over N.J. police department after chief retires Updated Apr 02, 2021; Facebook Share The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday said it would take control of the Englewood Police Department after the retirement of the city police chief. The recent retirement of Chief Lawrence Suffern and a prior retirement of a deputy chief left the 79-member police department with a void in its two top positions and came after months of tensions within the ranks. Suffern, who served with the department for 33 years, left Thursday, a day after city officials announced his retirement...

ENGLEWOOD — Police Chief Lawrence Suffern is retiring as of Thursday, ending a career spanning three decades. The only Black chief in Bergen County, Suffern has worked for the department for more than 33 years. He was first hired at age 18, said Mayor Michael Wildes. “He has garnered tremendous respect among other chiefs in the county and will be sorely missed,” Wildes said. “He is a dear friend, and his efforts for the city are very much appreciated.” Wildes said Suffern “understood the complex and diverse community” in the city of Englewood. Suffern became chief in late 2013, ...

This Police Union Suspended 8 Members. Seven Are Black. The union in a small New Jersey city punished the officers after they expressed support for two chiefs, both of whom are also Black. Ainsworth Minott, with bullhorn, and other protesters outside police headquarters in Englewood, N.J.Credit...Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times Dec. 31, 2020 ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — The tensions within the Englewood Police Department had simmered for months: at disciplinary hearings, during Black Lives Matter marches and in the fallout over no-confidence votes by the officers’ union in the chief and deputy...