Suffering from Back
or Neck Pain?
Attention NJ Law Enforcement:
Still in Pain despite Physical Therapy/
Chiropractic Treatments?
Marcello Sammarone, MD
Interventional Pain Management Specialist
Understands the unique challenges and
injuries suffered by cops.
“In my 29 year-career I have taken care of countless
police officers and Law Enforcement families.
I feel especially privileged and honored to provide
my expertise and to extend my services to you.”
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Eliminating pain and restoring function and activity
levels
Treating Pain at its source through minimally invasive procedures without relying solely on heavy
medications
Shouldn’t your doctor be a Top Doctor
Voted an NJ Top Doc by his peers each of
the last 5 years
Fellowship Trained
Board Certified
Ivy League Trained
Personalized Award-Winning Care
Cop-friendly hours and appointments available
Unmatched Personalized Care:
You will always be seen by Dr. Sammarone
Advanced Pain Therapy
1130 Route 46 West
Parsippany, NJ 07054
973-294-6228
www.advancedpaintherapynj.com
Other locations in Morristown & Succasunna
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OCTOBER 2015
NAPO gets help to lobby
for Zadroga Act
On Sept. 16, NAPO Executive
Director Bill Johnson joined the New
York City PBA leadership, the FealGood Foundation, Citizens for
Extension of the James Zadroga Act,
dozens of 9/11 first responders and
Jon Stewart, previously of Comedy
Central’s “The Daily Show,” to lobby Congress to pass the James
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.
The two critical programs that provide medical treatment and
compensation for 9/11 heroes – the World Trade Center Health
Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
(VCF) – are set to expire in October 2015 and October 2016, respectively. If so, the Health Program will cease to operate and the VCF
will have to cut awards by as much as 60 percent and will stop taking claims next year.
9/11 responders and survivors are still battling serious health
crises resulting from their exposure to the toxins at Ground Zero,
and more than 33,000 have an illness or injury caused by the
attacks or their aftermath.
The evidence is overwhelming but lawmakers still want to see a
time limit on its reauthorization or cut funding for the programs.
NAPO calls on Amazon and Facebook to stop the promotion of
anti-law enforcement merchandise
Industry giants Amazon and Facebook are not only promoting
anti-police rhetoric but are also profiting from it. Facebook continues to permit anti-police pages and groups for public use; Amazon
is selling T-shirts as well as other anti-police merchandise.
NAPO condemns the brutal and deliberate murders of America’s
law enforcement officers and any language or depiction calling for
such murders. We call on Amazon and Facebook to stand up and
stop the promotion of dangerous anti-police rhetoric.
NAPO supports the Thin Blue Line Act
NAPO pledged its support for the Thin Blue Line Act introduced
by Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania), which corrects an unintentional omission by including the “targeting” of a local law
enforcement officer in addition to the killing of a public safety officer, as an aggravating factor in death penalty determinations.
Someone who attempts to kill a law enforcement officer, but
instead kills a bystander, should face the same increased penalties
as a person whose aim is true and murders a law enforcement officer.
This bill is critical, as law enforcement officer assaults and
deaths have increased in recent years. Establishing stricter
penalties for those who harm or target law enforcement officers
will deter crime.
NAPO meets with Republican Law Enforcement Task Force
On Sept. 17, NAPO and the International Association of Chiefs
of Police (IACP) met with Representatives Dave Reichert (R-Washington), Rich Nugent (R-Florida) and Steve Knight (R-California) at
the “closed door” meeting of the Republican Policy Committee Law
Enforcement Task Force.
NAPO and IACP were the only police groups present and spoke
of the challenges and dangers facing law enforcement officers and
possible means of assistance from Congress and the federal government. The Department of Justice and the Administration needs
to publicly and forcefully defend officers and condemn the targeting of officers for assassination. d