New Jersey State Association
of Chiefs of Police

Mitchell C. Sklar, Esquire, CAE
Executive Director
mcsklar@njsacop.org

Mitchell C. Sklar is the Executive Director of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Association, he is responsible for overall administration, professional services, training and professional development, government and public affairs, publications, budgeting, and staff management of one of the largest police executive organizations in the country.

He is the registered legislative agent representing the association before the New Jersey Legislature.

Mr. Sklar is also the Executive Director of the New Jersey Police Chiefs Foundation.

Prior to joining the NJSACOP, Mr. Sklar served as Legislative Assistant for Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Legal and related issues for United States Senator Frank R. Lautenberg. He has also served as Director of Government Relations for the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors in Washington, DC, an Assistant Municipal Court Prosecutor in New Jersey, Judicial Law Clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, and an attorney in private practice.

Mr. Sklar received his Juris Doctor degree from the Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, a Master of Administrative Science degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a BA in Politics and Government from the University of Hartford. He has also completed the Nonprofit Management Program at The College of New Jersey, and has attained the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives.

Mr. Sklar currently serves as an Alternate Commissioner on the New Jersey Police Training Commission and on the Board of Directors of MADD New Jersey. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the New York-New Jersey Regional Center for Public Safety Innovations at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In addition, Mr. Sklar is a member of the Legal Officers Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He is also a member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives [NOBLE], the New Jersey Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Committee [ESGR], the New Jersey Association of Criminal Justice Educators, the Police Executive Research Forum, and the American Society for Law Enforcement Training,

Mr. Sklar has attended the "Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Seminar" at Wroxton College in Wroxton, England and the “Police Legal Advisors Training Program” at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.

In 2007, Mr. Sklar was appointed by New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram as co-chair of the A.G.'s Advisory Committee on Less-Lethal Force.  Previously, he also served on the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Law Enforcement Standards.