The President’s Message
NEW JERSEY STATE
POLICEMEN’S BENEVOLENT
ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD
PATRICK COLLIGAN
State President
MARC KOVAR
Executive Vice-President
Peter Andreyev 1st Vice-President
Andy Haase 2nd Vice-President
Henry Werner 3rd Vice-President
Michael Pellegrino 4th Vice-President
Mark Aurigemma 5th Vice-President
Mark Messinger 6th Vice-President
Eugene Dello 7th Vice-President
Keith Bennett 8th Vice-President
Richard Kott 9th Vice-President
Bruce Chester 10th Vice-President
Margaret Hammond 11th Vice-President
Frederick Ludd, Sr. 12th Vice-President
Michael Kaniuk Financial Secretary
George Miller Recording Secretary
John Monsees Treasurer
Luke Sciallo Trustee
Frank P. Cipully Trustee
John Cernek Trustee
Ed Carattini, Jr. Trustee
Michael Freeman Trustee
Bryan Flammia Trustee
Robert Ormezzano Trustee
Joseph Biamonte Sergeant-at-Arms
Terrance Benson, Sr. Sergeant-at-Arms
Rodney Furby Sergeant-at-Arms
Charles Schwartz Sergeant-at-Arms
Patrick Moran Sergeant-at-Arms
Joseph A. Macones Sergeant-at-Arms
Sean Plasket Sergeant-at-Arms
Michael Tardio Sergeant-at-Arms
Michael Heller Sergeant-at-Arms
Keith Curry Sergeant-at-Arms
Chris Ricciotti Sergeant-at-Arms
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NEW JERSEY COPS
■ SEPTEMBER 2016
‘You F%@*$#=
Jersey Boys
are something else!’
Let’s attribute that quote to the guy who owns it: Chad King from the Baton
Rouge Police Department. If you don’t like his language I apologize, but I happen to love it. That was Chad’s response when State Delegate Jesse Novalis and
company from East Hanover Local 227 pulled into Baton Rouge with about
20,000 pounds of household items for the 200 officers who lost their homes in
the floods down there. You see, Chad King was there when many of you “Jersey
Boys” went to lend help when Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005, and
Patrick
Chad vividly remembers our response to his city when three of its law enforceColligan ment officers were buried there in July. We are something else Chad, thank you
for noticing. We’ll wear that description proudly.
Moving on to another matter, Executive Vice-President Marc Kovar and I,
and the NJ State PBA Executive Board, have been sworn in for our next term. I am honored to
lead this incredible organization, and represent all of you for the next three years. It has been
an incredible and rewarding experience. I will tell you that I walk into my office every single
day, and I feel grateful for the opportunity that you have given us. Needless to say, we are at
the helm of this organization during very trying times for our profession–probably the worst
in recent history–but as I’ve said here in the past, the cycle will change again.
And now for a word about the upcoming election of a retiree trustee to the PFRS Board.
I know that quite a few candidates have emerged, but the State PBA is officially endorsing
Kevin Lyons. Kevin was a long time State Delegate who has worked at PBA headquarters the
past several years, administering our incredibly successful Legal Protection Plan. He was the
architect of the very plan that offers retiree HR-218 coverage. The position gives him access
to our staff, and the ability to come to every PBA meeting to update our delegates and hear
their concerns.
Quite frankly, I have read some of the goals and promises of the other candidates, which
only confirmed my suspicion that they are wholly unqualified and don’t even comprehend
the position they are running for. This is not a position for somebody who has a fickle whim
to run for something. This is a position that requires a strong working knowledge of our Police
& Fireman’s Retirement System. I am asking our retirees to vote for Kevin Lyons. You will not
be disappointed.