[Answer: March 29, 1921]

What was the original purpose for establishing the State Police?

[Answer: to provide police protection for the rural population of the state]

Who was appointed first Superintendent of the newly formed organization?

[Answer: H. Norman Schwarzkopf]

The first troopers were organized into two troops. Name them and tell where each were headquartered.

[Answer: Troop A was headquartered in the Raleigh Hotel in Hammonton and served the southern part of the state. Troop B was headquartered in the Imperial Hotel in Netcong and served the northern part of the state.]

Name the two main methods of transportation initially used in patrolling over 7,500 square miles of the state's territory.

[Answer: horseback and motorcycle]

Consider asking the students the leadership qualities of Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, first Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. Then ask them if they think those qualities are still important today? Why or why not?

New Jersey State Police training under Colonel Schwarzkopf was divided into three periods. Name them.

[Answer: Elementary Period (when recruits became acquainted and rules were established for training camp); Powers Period (when recruits learned the skills necessary for police work); and the Responsibility Period (when recruits were instilled with the responsibilities they held in prevention, education and enforcement of the law and service to the community.)]

The foundations for training have remained the same through the years and may be summed up in three words; these words are the motto of the New Jersey State Police. What are they?

[Answer: Honor, Duty, Fidelity]

In what year did the New Jersey State Police open their Academy at Sea Girt to train municipal, county and other police agencies in modern law enforcement techniques? What year was this discontinued?

[Answer: Begun in 1929; Discontinued in 1989]

Name the program instituted in 1963 where during the first few months of a recruits' first assignment, an experienced trooper serves as a guide and mentor.
[Answer: The Trooper Coach Program]

In what year did the New Jersey State Police train its first class of all female recruits?

[Answer: 1980]