Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Recognizes National Police Week '21

Published on May 13, 2021

During National Police Week, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll and Chief of Detectives Christoph Kimker recognize the law enforcement officers from Morris County or serving in Morris County who have died in the line of duty. National Police Week is recognized this year from May 9 until May 15, 2021.

First created by presidential proclamation in 1962, National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15, honors law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice serving their states, counties and communities.

Thirty law enforcement officers are among the 43 names of police officers, firefighters and rescue personnel memorialized on the 200 Club of Morris County monument located at the Morris County Public Safety Training Academy.

Acting Prosecutor Carroll paid tribute to the officers: “It is fitting that we never forget those who have died in the service of our citizens, especially now when law enforcement has been so closely scrutinized.  Our law enforcement personnel go to work every day, never knowing when they will be called upon to serve and protect at the risk of their own lives, as well as impacting the future of their own families.  The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, and on behalf of the County’s police departments, salute and remember those who have fallen.  God Bless all and we shall never forget.” 

We remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice serving our community:

• Patrick Guiton                         1918    Boonton Police Department
• Fred W. Plumstead                 1929    Roxbury Police Department
• Joseph Vorholz                       1929    Morristown Police Department
• Thomas E. DeShazo               1930    Dover Police Department
• Peter W. Ignatz #530              1931    New Jersey State Police
• William Ridge                        1935    Morristown Fire Department
• Carl A. Schlotz                       1936    Morristown Police Department
• Matthew M. McManus #144  1938    New Jersey State Police
• Doyle M. Butler                      1947    Chatham Boro Fire Department
• Stanley A. Conn, Jr. #947       1951    New Jersey State Police
• Ronald E. Gray #1534            1958    New Jersey State Police
• John A. Dolan                         1966    Passaic Township Police Department
• Carl W. Schaufelberger          1967    Morris County Prosecutors Office
• William S. Schubert               1973    Dover Fire Department
• Robert E. Vanderhoof            1975    Dover Fire Department
• Gordon N. Smith                     1975    Boonton Police Department
• Frank A. Dailey, Jr.                1975    Florham Park Police Department
• Robert Hauptman                   1975    Florham Park Police Department
• Wilson McLaurin                    1975    NJ Department of Human Services
• Neil K. Olson                          1976    Morristown Fire Department
• Raymond Gelormini                1977    Chatham Township Police Department
• Irving W. Soules, Jr.               1979    Butler Fire Department
• John Miller                              1979    East Hanover Police Department
• Philip J. Lamonaco #2663      1981    New Jersey State Police
• Joseph Ezzo                            1982    Riverdale Fire Department
• Lester A. Pagano #1177         1983    New Jersey State Police
• Everett E. Hatcher                  1989    Drug Enforcement Administration
• James McKelvey                     1990    Stanhope/Netcong Rescue Squad
• Vincent G. McGuinness          1992    Morris Plains Fire Department
• Lewis R. Sheats                      1993    Chatham Borough Fire Department
• Willard R. Hopler                   1996    Rockaway Borough Fire Department
• John Deventer                         1995    Hanover Police Department
• Scott M. Gonzales #5059       1997    New Jersey State Police
• Richard Weinheimer               1998    Pequannock Police Department
• Enrico Venditte                      2001    Paterson Police Department
• Liam Callahan                         2001    Port Authority of NY and NJ Police Department
• Gregg J. Froehner                   2001    Port Authority of NY and NJ Police Department
• Anthony P. Infante, Jr.            2001    Port Authority of NY and NJ Police Department
• George Danielson, Jr.             2001    Mine Hill Fire Department
• Arthur J. Ohlsen, III               2003    Dover Police Department
• Eugene M. Erdmann               2005    Kinnelon Police Department
• Thomas Shields                      2011    Flanders Fire Department
• Joseph Wargo                         2011    Mt. Arlington Police Department