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NEW JERSEY COPS ■ MAY 2014
Going Local EXTRA: Local 14 celebrates 79th
Passaic Local 14 has a ball
Life in Passaic Local
14 is looking good and
2014 is becoming a
great year for the Local
members and the
LOCAL 14
department. Eight new
officers were hired in
2013 that are currently
patrolling the streets of Passaic, and
seven more graduated from the Passaic
County Police Academy in March. These
sentiments were related to more than
300 sheriffs, freeholders, assembly people, congressmen and other dignitaries
on April 11 at the Brownstone in Paterson
for Local 14’s 79th Anniversary Ball.
“Delegates came from more than 30
Locals from all across the state,” noted
Local 14 State Delegate Marc Kovar about
his contemporaries from Ocean, Monmouth, Bergen and Hudson Counties.
“They come out to our ball every year
and every year their participation gets
bigger and bigger.”
At the memorable event, Local 14
handed out awards to some of the people
who support the Passaic Department
and law enforcement as a whole:
Congressman Bill Pascrell was awarded Legislator of the Year, and State PBA
Legal Protection Plan Administrator
Kevin Lyons was awarded State PBA Man
of the Year.
Paterson Local 1 was named Local of
the Year.
“They have a trauma center in Paterson and any time one of our cops was
shot or stabbed they really put the hospital on lockdown for all of our guys,” Kovar
said. “They really go above and beyond to
help us out, and we just wanted to honor
them for the support they give us.”
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