James Calaski received his BA in Sociology at William Paterson University of New Jersey in January 1998. While attending WPU, he worked full time as a private investigator under a former US Secret Service Agent. After graduation he pursued a career in law enforcement and joined the Glen Rock New Jersey Police Department in February 2000. He served eight years in the Patrol Division, before being appointed to the Detective Bureau. In November 2017 he was promoted to Detective Sergeant and currently serves as the Bureau supervisor. During his career, he has been bestowed numerous awards and citations for outstanding service in law enforcement.
In addition to his municipal police duties, he also served ten years on the Bergen County Rapid Deployment Force, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Task Force (since 2007) and was a member of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Multi-jurisdictional Heroin Task Force for three years.
In 2012, he began researching the history of the Glen Rock Police Department and started posting historical blotter entries on the department’s Facebook and other social media outreach initiatives which garnered a large amount of public attention and media coverage. He also continued his education receiving a Master of Arts degree in History from William Paterson University of New Jersey in May 2013.
In addition to historical research, he has been conducting genealogical research for over 20 years for family and friends.
He enjoys sports (both playing and watching), hiking, reading, playing board games, classic cars, riding ATV's, visiting historical sites and flying my RC model airplanes. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Tanya, and they have a daughter and a son, Olivia and Andrew. They also have two German Shepherds, one terrier mix and three cats.