Schiller Avenue Police Station

Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser, August 23, 1959

This building is located at 531 Schiller Avenue.  It was built by Hamilton Township in 1916 as the municipal police headquarters.  It was a small cement block building with two small cells in the rear and a small courtroom and officers quarters in the front.  The State Department of Institutions and Agencies disapproved this small jail and requested the erection of a new jail.  The  police department occupied its newly constructed headquarters on Harrison and Lafayette Avenues in 1928.

1926: Police Chief Richard D. Brettell

Trenton Evening Times, January 27, 1926

Richard D. Brettell served as Police Chief until his retirement on January 1, 1952.

1942: Hamilton Police Station

Trenton Sunday Times-Advertiser, April 19, 1942

This picture of the Hamilton Township police station appeared in the Times-Advertiser along with an article on the Township's 100th anniversary.  It provides an unobstructed view of the former police station located at Harrison and Lafayette Avenues.

1927: Hamilton Police Department Formed

Hamilton Township Library Local History Collection

This is a copy of the ordinance creating Hamilton's police department. Prior to this, the Township had been divided into four districts policed by constables. BSP was in District 1.