NJ famous dancing traffic cop retires after 30 years

NJ famous dancing traffic cop retires after 30 years

New Jersey's most famous dancing cop was honored on Friday by the South Orange Police Department as he gets ready to step into retirement.

‘The Dancing Cop’ Retires After 58 years of Service to South Orange

After nearly six decades, Edward “Butch” Larkin, also known as the “Dancing Cop” of South Orange, retired — for a second time — on Friday. The Village of South Orange and its police force honored 86-year-old Larkin with a proclamation, lunch and a police send-off to thank him for his 58 years of service to the community — serving as a police officer for 30 years until retiring in 1993, then returning to the township as a traffic control officer …