Bonded by the Light

96 Pages·2015·24.48 MB·English

“The Voice of New Jersey Law Enforcement”
www.njcopsmagazine.com JUNE 2015
Bonded by
the Light
Police Week shines a ray of
positive reinforcement
on law enforcement
The President’s Message
Thank you, Governor Christie!
NEW JERSEY STATE
POLICEMEN’S BENEVOLENT
I’m not sure how I let this go for so long. I am long overdue in offering
ASSOCIATION a sincere and heartfelt “thank you” to the Governor for all he has unwit-
EXECUTIVE BOARD tingly done for the PBA and our membership. He has helped us in ways
we could have never dreamed of doing on our own, and for that I am
PATRICK COLLIGAN eternally grateful.
State President As I write this, yesterday was the Primary Election here in New Jersey
MARC KOVAR Patrick and the polls have long been closed. At 11 a.m. yesterday morning,
Executive Vice-President Colligan thanks to Governor Christie, we had close to 100 of our members here
and already at polling locations ready to work in three different districts.
Mark Butler 1st Vice-President We had so much help here at our phone bank they had to bring in more
Peter Andreyev 2nd Vice-President phones. I think they underestimated us. I apologize if you had difficulty calling in on
Jerry Tolomeo 3rd Vice-President June 2 because we resorted to using every open hard line, too. Delegates, Presidents,
Andy Haase 4th Vice-President rank-and-file, a spouse or two and a very healthy contingent of our Local 600 members
Henry Werner 5th Vice-President hit the phones until just after 7 p.m. I hope that I thanked each and every one of you
that was here. For those that headed directly to polling locations, THANK YOU!
Kenneth Burkert 6th Vice-President
Michael Pellegrino 7th Vice-President The results from our efforts? We batted a thousand yesterday and landed onto the
Domenic Cappella 8th Vice-President political playing field with a very loud thump. I can’t lie, I was a little nervous on my
way into the office, but as usual the men and women of the State PBA did not disap-
Mark Aurigemma 9th Vice-President
point.
Manuel Corte 10th Vice-President
Mark Messinger 11th Vice-President “If you think you are leading and turn around to see
Eugene Dello 12th Vice-President no one following, then you are just taking a walk.”
Michael Kaniuk Financial Secretary – Benjamin Hooks, retired director of the NAACP
George Miller Recording Secretary
So thank you, Mr. Christie. We couldn’t have done any of that without you! Since
2010, you have taught us so much. We’ve learned that your “sacred trust” letter serves
John Monsees Treasurer
a better purpose at the bottom of a bird cage than any scant representation of your
word. You taught us that $5.5 billion in corporate welfare and tax breaks ranks higher
James Crilly Trustee
on your list than our retirement or COLA, and you taught us that your Wall Street
Keith Bennett Trustee friends certainly deserve that $1.5 billion in fees more than our families that have sac-
Richard Kott Trustee rificed so much. Thank you for the $7.7 million dollar Bridgegate “investigation” you
Richard Brown Trustee were nice enough to give us 344 more pages to line our bird cages with. We were almost
Bruce Chester Trustee out of those yellowed “sacred trust” letters that have been hanging in briefing rooms
Margaret Hammond Trustee throughout the state for years now.
Frederick Ludd Trustee You have given us our first PAC in the history of the PBA. You have compelled 100
percent of our membership to register to vote. You helped us set records at our Collec-
Luke Sciallo Sergeant-at-Arms tive Bargaining Seminar and absolutely shattered attendance records at our Mini-Con-
Frank Cipully Sergeant-at-Arms vention. You have engaged our membership like never before. Even our recruitment is
John Cernek Sergeant-at-Arms up. Governor, if you told me a few short years ago that our own members would be
standing around this PBA office waiting patiently to make a few thousand phone calls
Kevin Hibbitt Sergeant-at-Arms
into the night or set up at polling locations throughout this state, you could have sold
Ed Carattini Jr. Sergeant-at-Arms
me a huge bridge with one-lane access. But no sir. You did it! When you head to New
Michael Freeman Sergeant-at-Arms Hampshire, Iowa and spots around this great country of ours blowing the rest of next
Bryan Flannia Sergeant-at-Arms year’s pension obligations and squeezing the juice out of the orange, you let all those
Robert Ormezzano Sergeant-at-Arms nice folks know you didn’t have many successes in New Jersey but, goshdarnit, you sure
Joseph Biamonte Sergeant-at-Arms woke up those 33,000 PBA Members!
Terrance Benson Sergeant-at-Arms On behalf of our entire membership, THANK YOU, GOVERNOR! We’ve reached
astounding new heights and none of it has been possible without you. 
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2015 PFRS Trustee Election
Michael Kaniuk, NJ State PBA Candidate for Police
and Fireman’s Retirement System Trustee
Ballots are out… here’s how to vote
To vote, go to: https://vote.election.com/pfrs
Enter your
Election Code
and Voting Pin
from the ballot
1
you received
in the mail
Make your selection
2
Cast your vote
3
Mike says he will represent all law
enforcement officers…
Whether it’s officers working corrections, patrolling cities, towns and rural areas, securing the
courts, solving crimes as a municipal, county or state detectives or supervising the men and
women of NJ law enforcement, Michael Kaniuk’s longtime experience enables him to repre-
sent the interests of PFRS members of all ranks.
Not afraid to ask questions or advocate for all officers,
Michael Kaniuk will look out for your pension like it’s his own!
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CONTENTS
POLICE WEEK 2015: SPECIAL REPORT...............PAGES 29-47
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Our members took
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Above, President Pat Colligan, Executive Vice-President Marc
Kovar expressed and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano express
their appreciation and gratitude to the many members who
and it worked came to Woodbridge on Primary Election Day, June 2, to work
the phones to get out the vote for candidates that have shown
ongoing support for the NJ State PBA.
You listened, and I am so proud of all of what we need to do and you are doing it.
you. Kudos, as well, to our Local 600 retired
As State PBA President Pat Colligan members who know that to get their COLA
noted, we had a mass of our members back, they have to get active. And they did,
come to our headquarters in Woodbridge working the phones into the evening.
and another big group go out to polling At one point, we had a group of members
Marc places to support candidates in the State who got in the car and shot up to Union
Kovar Legislature Primary Election on June 2. I’ve County. I gave them an address where their
Executive been saying for months how we need to help was needed, and they were there in like
Vice-President take action, and you did. The members 20 minutes.
believe in what we’re doing, and they
I’m still getting calls from candidates, saying they were so grateful
showed it on this day.
for our help. That shows the power of what we can do if we take
When we reached out to the membership to be part of our polit- action. I’ve been saying it all along that you can’t sit on your butts
ical action, I wasn’t sure if five people would show up or 105. But for anymore. And you aren’t.
that many people to come out on a rainy, cold day says a lot about
We’re not going to get everything we lost back in our benefits and
our membership and showed a lot.
pension right away. But they took it with the swipe of a pen, and now
We reached out to County Conference Chairmen and Delegates we’re taking the pen back. We can get some wrongs righted if we
and Presidents at some of the Locals, and at 10 a.m. there were build up our personal relationships with the legislators. This day was
maybe 50-60 people or so coming through the door. They were at a step in that direction. If the elected officials know us and know we
the office until 7 p.m. making calls. can help them, it will be a lot harder for them to hurt us. I think they
We had another 40 members working in Hudson and Union are beginning to get our message, too.
Counties, handing out literature and helping candidates we are sup- So now that we’ve taken some steps, we have to get ready to take
porting. And the candidates knew we were there. Assemblywoman bigger steps. For the general election in November, we need to get
Annette Quijano from Elizabeth in the 20th Legislative District in more than 100 people working the phones in the office and at least
Union County even came by the office and spent 20 minutes with as many in the districts. There are several districts where there are
our members to thank them for making calls. How amazing is that? going to be some real races. Let’s put the candidates on notice that
After all the months of preaching, I applaud our members for we can be there to help and make the difference.
finally waking up. You have heard our message, you know exactly Don’t get caught sitting on your butt. Keep up the great work. 
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THE 411: Fundraisers and Fun
SAVE THE DATES STATE PBA TREASURER’S CLASS
The New Jersey State PBA will be hosting a training
June 23-24 seminar for local and county conference treasurers
29th Annual Police Security Expo on July 16 at the State PBA office.
23-24 Atlantic City Convention Center The course, instructed by Edmond P. Brady, CPA of
1 Convention Boulevard, Atlantic City McEnerney Brady & Company LLC, gives an
JUNE Registration: 800-323-1927 or www.police-secuirty.com ov
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practices for PBA treasurers, trustees and executive
boards.
September 18-25 There will be two sessions:
NJ State PBA Annual Convention 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
18-25 Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa To register, email