Police – Union Landing Historical Society


Pre-1919	Police protection came from the Sheriff of Monmouth County stationed in Freehold
1919	Upon Brielle’s incorporation in 1919, J. Wellington Pearce was appointed Borough Marshall
	The Police Department was allocated $1.88 for operations in 1919 and $25.00 for 1920
1924	Shem Bartley Pearce was appointed Chief of Police without pay in 1924 and George W. Legg likewise in 1926
1929	Chief Legg was authorized to purchase a revolver and handcuffs and $600 for a police car in 1929
1933	Chief Legg became the first paid chief in 1933; the force consisted of Chief Legg and one patrolman
1934	Chief Legg was made a full-time chief
1941	A fire occurred at police headquarters destroying records and equipment causing $4,000 in damages
1955	A second police car was placed into service
1964	Chief Legg retires; the force had grown to include seven police officers
1964	Patrolman Kenney, later to become Chief of Police in 1985, joins the Brielle police force as its first black member
1967	The citizens of Brielle formed “operation Alert” to help the police fight local crime