George Cassidy, a 29-year-old white male police captain in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, served as one of the town’s very first officers and quickly became the face of its newly formed police department. When Union Township created its police force at the start of 1907, the committee hired only two men: Captain Cassidy and Patrolman Michael McIntyre, placing enormous responsibility on their shoulders in a community that was just beginning to formalize law enforcement. In addition to being the departm ...
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