Stone Harbor Appoints Two, Promotes Two Police Officers

STONE HARBOR — Borough Council promoted two borough police officers to the rank of sergeant and appointed two new patrol officers during its meeting June 2.
Family, friends and cohorts attended the swearing in ceremony, during which Sgt. Gregory Jackson, Sgt. Christopher Palmer, Officer Daniel Peters and Officer Christopher Robertson took the oath of office administered by the borough clerk.
Councilmen Tom Cope, Barry Mastrangelo and Randall Bauer presented the following information about each officer.
Officer Gregory Jackson is from Tabernacle. His dad, George is a retired teacher and EMS chief and county coordinator. His mother, Judith, is a retired business administrator for the Tabernacle School District. His brother, George III, is a patrol officer with the Medford Township Police Department.
Officer Jackson graduated from Shawnee High School and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Delaware. Officer Jackson served as a Class II Officer in Stone Harbor from 1998 through 2002.
He was appointed as a full-time officer in September 2002. Therefore, Officer Jackson is in his 12th year of service.
When Officer Jackson graduated from the Cape May County Police Academy, he was awarded the Firearms Award, Academic Award and the Director’s Award as the Top Overall Recruit.
Currently, Officer Jackson serves as Juvenile officer and Adopt-a-Cop for the Stone Harbor Elementary School, Firearms and Defensive Tactics Instructor for Police Department Physical Fitness, Military Drill, Firearms as well as Sub-Gun and Defensive Tactics Instructor at the Cape May County Police Academy.
Officer Jackson has been a member of the Cape May County Regional SWAT Team since 2006. He is an entry team member and a sniper.
Officer Christopher Palmer was raised with his older brother Frank and sister Melissa, in Spring Lake by his mother Angela and father Frank. He attended St. Rose High School, received a Bachelor of Arts Degree form Elizabethtown College and a Masters of Arts from Seton Hall University.
Officer Palmer attended the Cape May County Police Academy in 2003 and earned the High Academic Achievement Award and the Merit Award. He served as a Class II Special Law Enforcement Officer for one summer in Avalon.
Officer Palmer joined the Stone Harbor Police Department in August of 2003 and returned to the Cape May County Police Academy to complete the basic course for full time Police Officers. He again received the High Academic Achievement Award, the Merit Award and was elected Class President.
Since graduating from the Academy in 2004, Officer Palmer has received specialized training in many areas of police work including: Methods of Instruction, Field Training, Investigation, Impaired Driving, Juvenile Delinquency, School Safety, Special Weapons and Tactics and Police Supervision.
In addition to his patrol duties, Officer Palmer serves as an Adopt-A-Cop and Juvenile Officer, a Field Training Officer and PT Instructor at the Cape May Police Academy and a Cape May County Region SWAT team operator.
Officer Palmer lives in Dennis Township with his wife Melissa, three-year-old daughter Sophie and three-month-old daughter, Lily. Officer Palmer has competed in many local athletic events and often trains for competition in triathlons. He has completed two Half-Ironmans and is currently training for the Philadelphia Marathon.
Daniel Peters was raised in Cottage Grove Minneapolis, near St. Paul. He graduated from Cottage Park Senior School and received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Economics in 2000.
Dan and his wife Audrey live in Marmora with their two Bichons Benson and Riley. He enjoys all sports but especially Ice Hockey.
From 2000 to 2003 he was a Professional Hockey Player with the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League. From 2003 to 2004 and played for the Frankfurt Lions in the Deutschland Elite League and helped the team capture the league championship for the first time.
He returned home in Oct 2004 and joined the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in the East Coast Hockey League and later coached the Southern Minnesota Express in the North American Hockey League.
Dan began his law-enforcement career in 2007 as a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class I in Avalon. In 2008, he graduated from the Cape May County Police Academy and joined the Stone Harbor Police Department as a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class II, a position he currently holds.
Christopher Robertson was raised in Tabernacle, where he graduated from Shalonee High School. He attended Burlington County Community College and received an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice in 2006. He then attended Rowan University and received a Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Education in 2008.
Robertson attended the Burlington County Police Academy in 2008 and received his Police Training Certificate in January 2009.
He is a Big Brother, mentoring neglected and less fortunate children and he has served as a law clerk in Mt. Holly as well as a substitute teacher at Tabernacle Middle School and Indian Mills School.
Robertson is the creator and owner of “C-Robs” Summer Basketball Camp for 1st through 8th grade students.
His Law Enforcement career began in 2007 when he was a Class I Special Law Enforcement Officer in Ocean City and continued in 2008 in the same position in Brant Beach.