Provided/ From left, Atlantic City Police Chief James Sarkos, former ACPD Chief Ernest Jubilee, and Chief of Detectives Bruce DeShields.
ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic County Chief of County Detectives Bruce DeShields, who has served in law enforcement for more than 41 years, was honored at the Atlantic City Police Foundation annual Atlantic City Hero luncheon, Oct. 28.
Also honored were Joseph Jingoli and Jack Morris, co-owners of Hard Rock Atlantic City, and Atlantic City Police Officer Michael Braxton.
Proceeds from the luncheon will benefit non-budgeted programs and equipment of the Atlantic City Police Department, including personal protection equipment, rifle resistant bulletproof vests, vest mounted tourniquets, self-aid kits, EpiPens, bicycles, bike equipment, gym equipment, surveillance monitors and equipment. The foundation also supports various community policing and anti-violence initiatives, PAL and Police Explorers.
Prior to his promotion to chief of dectectives, DeShields served as the commander of the ACPO Special Investigations Unit, which includes the ACPO Guns, Gangs and Narcotics Unit, Intelligence Unit and the Homeland Security and Crisis Negotiations Team.
Chief DeShields has served in liaison roles to the NJ Attorney General’s Office NARCAN Program, the NJ Attorney General’s Prescription Fraud Commanders Investigation Program, the State Narcotics Commanders Association, South Jersey Narcotics Association and the United States Marshall’s Service Fugitive Task Force. He started his career as a patrol officer with the Riverside Township Police, the State of New Jersey Human Services Police Department and the Richard Stockton University Police Department.
DeShields was awarded a Medal of Valor from the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police Association and he was nominated by the National Association of Police Organizations for the Top Cops Award in 2011. He serves as the current president of the State Chief of the County Detectives Association of New Jersey, and vice president of the state chapter of NOBLE, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Officers.
