The President’s Message
Remembering Bobby Smith
and matters related to PFRS
The Long Road
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
Henry Werner
Werner 2nd Vice-President
Vice President
Michael Pellegrino
Pellegrino 3rd
3rd Vice-President
Vice President
Mark Aurigemma
Aurigemma 4th
4th Vice-President
Vice President
Eugene
Eugene Dello
Dello 5th
5th Vice-President
Vice President
Keith
Bennett
6th Vice
Vice-President
Richard
Kott 6th
President
Richard Kott
Vice-President
Frederick
Ludd 7th
7th
Vice President
Frederick
Ludd, Sr.
Luke Sciallo
8th 8th
Vice Vice-President
President
Luke P. Sciallo
9th
Vice-President
Frank
Cipully
9th
Vice President
Frank
P. Cipully
Ed Carattini,
Jr. 10th
10th Vice-President
Vice President
John Cernek
11th
Vice-President
Michael
Freeman
11th
Vice President
Ed Carattini,
Jr. 12th
Bryan
Flammia
12th Vice-President
Vice President
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
MAY 2018 2016
■
A journey
is those
about of to us
end,
an at
exciting
trip is about
to begin.
What
On
Sept. 16,
who and
were
the PBA new
Convention
in Phoenix
had
the
started as an honor
idea a of
few
years Louisiana
ago, after State
a very
flawed Bobby
commission
report
extraordinary
hearing
Trooper
Smith tell
the
scared
out of us,
is truly
about
to become law.
story
of the
his hell
incredible,
and
unbelievable,
journey through life. His story
Many of you know the story. A governor named Chris Christie decided to
had what I know will be a profound and lasting impact on many of our lives
commission yet another pension study and asked Thomas Healey (and oth-
that day.
ers) to draft “A Roadmap to Resolution.” All the previous commissions over
On
Oct. had
2, we
woke up an
to the
surreal stunning
news that revelation:
Bobby Smith
had passed
the
years
uncovered
absolutely
the state
had to
Patrick
Patrick
away
night. I can’t even begin to adequately tell his story on these
make through
pension the
payments!
Colligan
If you weren’t
the convention
and want
to learn
about
his
inspiring
Colligan pages.
Of course,
Christie at knew
better. Hindsight
showed
us that
this
“roadmap”
story
please
see page
visit www.visionsofcourage.com.
We this
lost roadmap
another
was as
successful
as 52
his or other
brilliant traffic ideas. At least
thankfully
just
ended
in a dead
end. taught more than 1 million people since
true
hero on
Oct.
2, a blind
man who
As how
usual to with
1986
see. that governor, the guy tasked with writing the report was forbidden by his
eminence
to
to Jersey
any of politics,
the stakeholders.
brilliant
idea:
the in
pensions,
If you follow talk
New
even a little Yet
bit, another
you witnessed
one
hell Save
of a ride
the first
but
make
sure
you
don’t
talk
to
anybody
actually
getting
one.
days of October. If you weren’t happy with the political landscape at any one moment in those
Well, one day in an unnamed capital city in New Jersey, in an unnamed State Street office
days, you only had to wait about 15 minutes for the score to change. The score changed often.
building, we had the opportunity to meet Mr. Healey and one of the unnamed commission
It forced us, for many reasons, to endorse a gubernatorial candidate much quicker than we
members. Very covert stuff, I know. The “roadmap” was close to being done, and we want-
had
anticipated.
I will
explain in.
the
landscape
and how the
quickly
at our Oct. 18 state
ed the
opportunity
to weigh
Mr.
Healey described
plan it at moved
the time.
meeting.
We
also
have
the
great
honor
of
introducing
our
endorsed
candidate,
Ambassador
I have absolutely no doubt that it would be disputed today, but Mr. Healey
calmly de-
Phil
Murphy,
at
that
meeting.
scribed how the systems will all be blended, and that all public employee pensions will be
Later where
in the they
pages
of this issue
you be
will
hear more into
about
the type
plan of to hybrid
split PFRS
from
frozen
currently
are and
transferred
some
system
for the
the
remainder
of their careers.
state
as a