Editing Teaneck, New Jersey (section)

=== Police and law enforcement ===

The Teaneck Police Department had 96 sworn officers in 2012, in addition to 13 civilian employees, three parking enforcement officers and 25 school crossing guards<ref>[http://api11.team-logic.com/downloadPubFileFile.cfm?i=189&t=49&f=20057 Township Manager's 2012 Annual Report], Township of Teaneck. Accessed December 19, 2013.</ref> out of a total of 106 authorized uniformed positions. Robert Wilson was named Chief as of July 2008, filling the acting chief role previously held by Deputy Chief Fred Ahearn, who had been serving in that position after the departure of Paul Tiernan in 2007.<ref>Ax, Joseph. [https://archive.today/20131219171000/http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/teaneck-gives-police-job-acting-chief-63006702 "Teaneck gives top police job to acting chief"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 3, 2008. Accessed December 19, 2013. "The 'interim' tag has been removed from the title of Police Chief Robert Wilson, one of a series of administrative moves at the police department that took effect this week."</ref> The department hired its first two officers in 1914; Freddie Greene, its first African-American officer, joined the department on September 15, 1962, and its first female officer began serving on January 4, 1981.<ref>Prosnitz, Howard. "Council approves five new officers", ''Teaneck Suburbanite'', June 27, 2007, p. 1.</ref><ref>Ax, Joseph. [https://archive.today/20131219170951/http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/frederick-greene-black-cop-teaneck-63005141 "Frederick Greene, first black cop in Teaneck"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 17, 2008. Accessed December 19, 2013. "But it was breaking through the color line in 1962 that remains his lasting legacy, former colleagues said."</ref> In 1990, a Teaneck officer [[Shooting of Phillip Pannell|fatally shot Phillip Pannell]], an armed African American man with his hands raised above his head while facing away from the officer.<ref>John Kifner, [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/02/nyregion/evidence-shows-youth-s-hands-up-when-teaneck-officer-killed-him.html "Evidence Shows Youth's Hands Up When Teaneck Officer Killed Him"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 2, 1990.</ref> In 2012, the Teaneck Police Department received accreditation from the [[Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies]] (CALEA), following a two-year-long process that documented the department's compliance with 112 standards established by the organization as best practices. The department became the ninth in the state to receive CALEA accreditation.<ref>Cohen, Noah. [http://www.teanecknj.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=5672&typeID=235 "Teaneck Police Earn National Recognition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107081144/http://www.teanecknj.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=5672&typeID=235 |date=2014-01-07 }}, [[Patch Media|TeaneckPatch]] copy of post on Teaneck web site, August 22, 2012. Accessed December 19, 2013.</ref>