Police Department History
The Park Ridge Police Department has a rich and storied history of providing the residents of the Borough of Park Ridge with quality police services. As the town has grown so has the police department and the services that they provide. Please feel free to review the links on the left to read more about the past members of the police department who have helped transform the department into the police department it is today.
1894 - Marshal Charles A. Duryea
1929 - Chief Anthony Salimone
1954 - Chief Norman Stalter
1983 - Chief Ernest Swanson
1990 - Chief Robert Minugh
1995 - Chief Richard Oppenheimer
2007 - Chief Joseph Madden
In Memoriam
PO Dave Morris -Badge #12 - 1987-1992
Police Officer Dave Morris was 26 years old when he sustained a fatal head injury while off duty on Berthoud Street on January 17, 1992.
SGT J. Craig McGovern - 1974-1993
Sergeant . J. Craig McGovern was off duty and travelling on the Staten Island Expressway on November 7, 1993 when a drunk driver crossed the center median and struck his vehicle head on. He died en route to the hospital.
PO Richard Stanchek - Badge #8 - 1982-1994
Officer Richard Stanchek was off duty when he fell ill in his kitchen on Berthoud Street on January 17, 1994. He went into cardiac arrest and died in the arms of fellow officers responding to his aid.