05/20/2026
Today, ranking officers attended the police memorial service at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute in Mahwah. Each year, law enforcement officials and dignitaries gather to honor the officers within Bergen County who paid the ultimate sacrifice while in service to their communities. This year, we were honored to have Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Steve Witte, grandson of the late ECPD Chief Fred H Witte, join Chief Henkelman, Lieutenant Tracy and Lieutenant Totten at the memorial. A wreath was presented memory of Fred H. Witte who died in the line of duty in 1977. Please take a moment to remember all of these brave law enforcement officers and the friends and family members they left behind.