Crime & Safety
Glen Rock's Top Cop To Retire, New Chief Chosen
A public ceremony will be held next month to welcome a Glen Rock police chief as a 40-year veteran of the force retires.
GLEN ROCK, NJ — After 40 years on the Glen Rock police force, Dean Ackermann will retire as chief, he announced this week.
He will be replaced next month by 20-year GRPD veteran Captain Michael Trover, who was the choice of the mayor and council.
Ackermann has served for a decade as police chief, and wasn't above doing the small jobs. Last September, a bank manager flagged him down in the business district because a woman was about to withdraw money in what turned out to be a scam.
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Trover will become chief on April 1.
A ceremonial swearing-in will be held for him next Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the mayor and council meeting in the Council Chamber/Courtroom at Borough Hall, 1 Harding Plaza.
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Also, a Final Walkout Ceremony will be held for Ackermann on Tuesday, March 31, at 4 p.m. as he leaves the force.
Weather permitting, it will be held in back of Police Headquarters, 1 Harding Plaza. If the weather's bad, it'll be held in the Council Chamber.
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