PATERSON - The Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders named Robert A. Lyons, the current Director of the Passaic County Police Academy, to head the county’s Office of Emergency Management. He is replacing Chief Joseph Forbes who retired after heading the office for the past 12 years. Lyons, a Ringwood resident, will continue as Director of the Police Academy. Lyons is a former Paterson and Passaic County Park Police officer and a retired detective and lieutenant of the Passaic County’s Prosecutor’s Office.