The President’s Message
Remembering Bobby Smith
and matters related to PFRS
NEW JERSEY
JERSEY STATE
NEW
POLICEMEN’S BENEVOLENT
BENEVOLENT
POLICEMEN’S
ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD
BOARD
EXECUTIVE
PATRICK
COLLIGAN
PATRICK COLLIGAN
State President
President
MARC
KOVAR
MARC KOVAR
Executive
Vice President
Executive Vice-President
Peter Andreyev
Andreyev 1st
1st Vice-President
Vice President
Henry Werner
Werner 2nd Vice-President
Vice President
Henry
Michael Pellegrino
Pellegrino 3rd
3rd Vice-President
Vice President
Mark Aurigemma
Aurigemma 4th
4th Vice-President
Vice President
Eugene Dello
Dello 5th
5th Vice-President
Vice President
Eugene
Richard
Kott 6th
President
Keith
Bennett
6th Vice
Vice-President
Frederick
Ludd 7th
7th
Vice President
Richard Kott
Vice-President
Luke Sciallo
8th 8th
Vice Vice-President
President
Frederick
Ludd, Sr.
Frank
Cipully
9th
Vice President
Luke P. Sciallo
9th
Vice-President
Ed Carattini,
Jr. 10th
10th Vice-President
Vice President
Frank
P. Cipully
Michael
Freeman
11th
Vice President
John Cernek
11th
Vice-President
Bryan
Flammia
12th Vice-President
Vice President
Ed Carattini,
Jr. 12th
Michael Kaniuk
Michael
Kaniuk Financial
Financial Secretary
Secretary
Margaret
Hammond
Margaret Hammond Recording
Recording Secretary
Secretary
John
John Monsees
Monsees Treasurer
Treasurer
Michael Freeman Trustee
Robert Ormezzano Trustee
Bryan Flammia Trustee
Terrance Benson, Sr. Trustee
Robert Ormezzano Trustee
Rodney Furby Trustee
Terrance Benson, Sr. Trustee
Charles Schwartz Trustee
Rodney Furby Trustee
Patrick Moran Trustee
Charles Schwartz Trustee
Joseph Macones Trustee
Patrick Moran Trustee
Michael Tardio Trustee
Joseph A. Macones Sergeant-at-Arms
Michael Heller Sergeant-at-Arms
Sean Plasket Sergeant-at-Arms
Keith Curry Sergeant-at-Arms
Michael Tardio Sergeant-at-Arms
Christopher Ricciotti Sergeant-at-Arms
Michael Heller Sergeant-at-Arms
John Granahan Sergeant-at-Arms
Keith Curry Sergeant-at-Arms
Andrew Pacucci Sergeant-at-Arms
Christopher Ricciotti Sergeant-at-Arms
Joseph Nigro Sergeant-at-Arms
John Granahan Sergeant-at-Arms
Mark Piercy Sergeant-at-Arms
Andrew Pacucci Sergeant-at-Arms
Christopher Ebert Sergeant-at-Arms
Joseph Nigro Sergeant-at-Arms
Brian Brownlie Sergeant-at-Arms
Kelly Polack Sergeant-at-Arms
Michael Palmentieri Sergeant-at-Arms
Glenn Pagano Sergeant-at-Arms
Stephen Warren Sergeant-at-Arms
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NEW JERSEY
JERSEY COPS
COPS
NEW
■ OCTOBER
JUNE 2018 2016
■
The cool ‘kids’
On Sept. 16, those of us who were at the PBA Convention in Phoenix had the
extraordinary honor of hearing Louisiana State Trooper Bobby Smith tell the
story of his incredible, and truly unbelievable, journey through life. His story
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of spending the evening with
had what I know will be a profound and lasting impact on many of our lives
Tenafly Officers Matthew Savitsky and Tom Casper at the New York City
that day.
Retired Detectives Association Cigar Night in Manhattan. Some very
On Oct. 2, we woke up to the surreal news that Bobby Smith had passed
well-seasoned retired New York City detectives were so impressed with
Patrick
away through the night. I can’t even begin to adequately tell his story on these
these two unlikely internet stars that they wanted to acknowledge them
Colligan
pages. If you weren’t at the convention and want to learn about his inspiring
with
honorary
membership
their organization. Not bad
two
story
please
see page
52 or visit in
www.visionsofcourage.com.
We stuff
lost for
another
Patrick true “kids,”
as
they
were
called
that
night.
hero on Oct. 2, a blind man who taught more than 1 million people since
1986 Colligan
how to see. Considering that last year the New York City Detectives honored Navy
Seal
Robert
O’Neill,
I’d a say
kids are one
in pretty
If you follow New
Jersey
politics,
even
little our
bit, Tenafly
you witnessed
hell of good
a ride company.
in the first
From
the
conversations
overheard
that
night,
it’s
safe
to
assume
that
Caren
days of October. If you weren’t happy with the political landscape at any one moment Turner’s
in those
day you
would
ended
vastly 15
differently
if she
encountered
those
guys
a decade
or
days,
only have
had to
wait about
minutes for
the had
score
to change. The
score
changed
often.
two ago
streets
of New
York. Regardless
of how candidate
anybody else
would
have
han-
It forced
us, on
for the
many
reasons,
to endorse
a gubernatorial
much
quicker
than
we
Miss Turner,
we
were fortunate
that Matt
were
that
day Oct.
to make
us
had dled
anticipated.
I will
explain
the landscape
and and
how Tom
quickly
it there
moved
at our
18 state
meeting.
also have the great honor of introducing our endorsed candidate, Ambassador
all look We
good.
Phil Murphy,
at that
meeting.
In a battle
of wits,
Caren Turner arrived at a traffic stop unarmed. Her incredible
Later
in the has
pages
of this her
issue
will hear
about
to a split
PFRS swagger
from the
arrogance
changed
life you
forever.
And more
if Matt
and the
Tom plan
have
different
state
as a it’s
stand-alone
system
a public New
labor York
management
I will say
today,
only because
they run
are as
honorary
City retired plan.
detectives.
I’m that
not after
ex-
almost
years
of that
research,
I haven’t
found two
one kids
single
reason deserved
not to do it,
but
many reasons
actly two
sure
what
gets you,
but those
certainly
the
recognition.
to do The
it. reality of a video of the incident that went viral is t