South Brunswick Mourns Death Of Retired PD Chief, Frank College

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ – The South Brunswick Police Department and community members are mourning the death of retired Chief of Police Frank College.

He served South Brunswick for 30 years.

College was responsible for implementing various community policing programs and spearheaded officer safety efforts throughout his career, said the police department.

“Chief College dedicated his life to serving the South Brunswick Police Department and community. He always placed an emphasis on training, officer safety, education, and technology,” Chief Raymond Hayducka said in a statement.

College was sworn as a police officer on Oct. 19, 1964. He was promoted to detective sergeant in 1973, to lieutenant in 1975, and to captain in 1980.

He was assigned as acting chief in 1987, and in 1988 was appointed as chief of police.

South Brunswick was one of the first police departments in the State of New Jersey to have computers in their vehicles thanks to College, said Hayducka.

“He was always seeking input from the line officers on how we could do things better and make our job easier to serve the public,” Hayducka said.

Under College, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System was installed at the Police Headquarters that linked South Brunswick to a nationwide network.

He formed the D.A.R.E. Unit to teach children about the dangers of using drugs. College was also instrumental in forming the CORP Unit, an early Community Policing-based unit tasked with community outreach.

He had a BA and master's degree from Rutgers University. After retirement, College was a lead instructor for Farleigh Dickinson University’s Certified Public Manager Course, training thousands of police officers and public executives.

College also developed the Front-Line Supervision course for the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police and trained many new police supervisors on leadership.

"He was a great leader and will be missed by the community and the members of the police department," Hayducka said.

"He laid the groundwork for the high standards that this agency has in place today.”

An announcement on funeral arrangements will be made later this week.

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