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“She was an assistant chief, and I had not talked to her in 30
years,” he said. “She wanted to know if I was interested in developing a sergeant’s exam for her city.”
That a former student might reach out to Dr. Bernstein 30 years
later is not as outrageous as you might think. He can sit at a table
outside a PBA State Delegates meeting and every third person or
so who comes by stops to shake hands, say thanks and let him
know how the promotion worked out.
“I think there is still a policeman trapped inside me,” Bernstein
admits. “I feel like I still have my street sense, and I try to apply
that to our knowledge and our training.”
Retired Carteret Captain Bob Talalai targeted Bernstein when
he wanted to prepare to take the lieutenant’s exam because, as he
said, he wanted to score No. 1 among the candidates. He did
come out No. 1, but even from the first class he sat in on, he
noticed something about the instructor.
“It was his memory,” Talalai said. “Everything seemed so second nature to him that it was first nature. He’s so detailed that he
doesn’t let anything slide between the cracks, and he will work
with his instructors refining materials two and three times before
it g