DEFINITION OF A CHANCEMAN?

Following up from the August article on Newark "Radiators".

Over the years I received input from other collectors about the "C" on this badge. The closet one came was that this shield was used by police "Chauffer's." That is incorrect.

I determined with certainty that the Title was "CHANCEMAN" from a review of the annual report of the Newark Police Department for the year 1893. That report listed this specific title as part of the table of organization.

I subsequently learned that in order to become a regular officer new candidates had one year to make three successful arrests. Success was defined as resulting in a conviction.

REMEMBER 911, THE FALL OF THE TWIN TOWERS

  By: Dennis Beyer

Twenty-three years ago The Twin Towers stood in lower Manhattan. I used to see them daily on my way to work looking across the New Jersey landscape towards the Big Apple. The Towers were a Landmark for me before I retired. 

Twenty-three years ago The Towers stood until roughly 9:00 AM. One hour later they were down and just a memory. 

Twenty-three years ago I watched in horror as a second plane crashed into the second Tower. I listened to reports about a Plane crashing into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. I heard the reports about passengers on a fourth Plane that stormed the cockpit and gave their lives to prevent another tragedy.

I have the Badge and Picture, at the top of this post.  They remind me daily of the acts of terrorism that struck America Twenty-three years ago on September 11, 2001. I'll never forget !

A friend, at my request, did the drawing pictured above. It shows the Twin Blue Beams rising into the Sky marking the location of the Towers in NYC. Another friend got the Badge for me appropriately numbered 911.  The Badge lays on a blue ribbon in recognition of those who gave their lives on this tragic day.

SPACE COAST SHOW, SATURDAY JAN. 25, 2026