My New Jersey Probation Officer Collection is home to this fine badge. It is letter "S" for Somerset County.If one doesn't know anything about Jersey and has to move to the Garden State this would be an excellent place to work.
There are many fine towns in this community with lots of open spaces and green lands. In days gone by Jackie Kennedy chased the foxes in those hills. In another sport Mike Tyson practiced is skills in his home located here.
During my early years as a probation officer I recall conversations with officers in Somerset. The talks were always focused on salary and benefits. Somerset was number one, and I don't believe they had any real cases. Okay they did.
One conversation that I have a fond memory of involved travel expenses. Where I worked we got paid by the mile, and you had to account for each mile very closely. We had the largest staff in the State, and one car.
They guys in somerset did not have to worry about accounting for their daily travel. Their County provided a fleet of cars. Dispite this luxury, coupled to the number one salary, they wanted more. I was told that they were strongly pursuing new cars with am-fm radios. I guess that tells you how long ago this trip down memory lane goes.
The badge above is from those days long gone. I estimate it to be 1960 vintage or earlier. It is in fine shape . It is gold finish with recessed blue letters. It reads: Probation, Officer, Somerset County, N.J. It has a State Seal in a field of Blue at the center giving a very impressive appearance.
As noted with other badges in my collection the "old county probation department" doesn't exist any more except under glass in my collection. I have had it over 20 years now. It provides a great addition to this collection, and also to my fine Collection of Memories.
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