In May 1913, Middlesex Borough separated itself from Piscataway to form its own municipality. The first police force was comprised of five Marshalls, each of whom was in charge of a section of town: the East Bound Brook district, Beechwood Heights district, Green Brook district, Lincoln district, and the remainder of the borough. On January 21, 1921, two Marshalls, Gurdon Fuller and William Fellows, were appointed to serve as constables. In 1933, the Borough Council enacted an ordinance to further establish the police department, and Fellows was appointed as the first Chief of Police and Fuller was appointed as Captain.

During the next few years, the Borough Council changed the internal operations of the police department twice, bringing about the establishment of the department in 1939. On February 1, 1939, the governing body of Middlesex Borough established a full-time, paid police department. On February 16, 1939, Gurdon Fuller was appointed as the first Police Chief under the newly established department. Chief Fuller served in that capacity until his retirement in 1963, a law enforcement career spanning more than 42 years. He was succeeded by Chief Andrew Simpf, who served with the police department from 1941 to 1981. Sylvester Conrad, who was appointed to the police department on February 2, 1962, rose to the rank of Police Chief and served until his retirement in January 1992. Selected as the fourth Police Chief, James Benson’s career began in 1972, culminating in his appointment to Chief in 1992, and retirement after 18 years in that position in May, 2010. Chief Craig Young began his law enforcement career in Middlesex Borough in 1984. Chief Young retired after five years as Chief of Police in July 2015. Currently, the department is under the command of the sixth Chief of Police, Matthew P. Geist, who began his career in 1993.

Between 1939 and today, sixty police officers have retired from service to the Borough of Middlesex, many of whom served at various levels of supervision and assignment. Many others began a career in Middlesex but followed other paths prior to a police retirement. We recognize all of the officers who took the Oath of Office to serve the citizens of Middlesex Borough. As we acknowledge and celebrate our 85^th Anniversary, we will continue to maintain the highest standards and the longstanding traditions of the Middlesex Borough Police Department.