The event brought out Atlantic City Mayor Donald Guardian to help distribute the Thanksgiving dinners .
“ You know if the local police department needs help that the residents must really need help ,” he added . “ Working alongside brothers and sisters to unite as one and help so many people shows the strength in our numbers .”
Colligan noted that the turkey giveaway helped the PBA ’ s grand plan of enabling the public to see officers in a different light – different than the shroud of the dark side a certain outgoing administration in Trenton has cast over them . Auble asserted that the event helped the community relations that Local 24 has worked to build the past couple of years . But Kovar pinpointed the outstanding residual of the event . “ It was cold that day and the wind was whipping ,” he ex-
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