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NEW JERSEY COPS ■ DECEMBER 2014
T H E LO C A L A message from State
600
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Delegate James Toma
I would like to thank everyone for making my first year as your State
Delegate a successful one. I have certainly appreciated the support
from the Local 600 Executive Board, the State PBA Executives and of
course, the membership of Local 600.
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For Retired Police
and Corrections
Officers
Jim Toma
We all have challenging times ahead of us, but we have learned that
in our unity, there is strength. We have been brought into the general population of the State PBA, however with that acceptance comes
responsibility.
The benefits of
Local 600
We Local 600 members have shown a willingness and desire to raise
our voices in support of all law enforcement that we, as elder statesmen, fought too hard and served too long to see our rights be trampled on for political gains.
Retired Police & Corrections Officers are eligible to join Local 600,
which is located at the NJ State
PBA office in Woodbridge. Annual
dues are $50 and benefits of
membership include:
• Maintaining dual membership in your current Local
and Local 600
• Five Safety Cards per year
• Access to the “Members
Only” section of the
NJSPBA Local 600 website,
which includes optional
benefits such as financial
planning, Aflac Insurance
and information about dental
and vision insurance plans,
life insurance plans and purchasing memorial property
• Monthly delivery of New
Jersey COPS magazine, the
official publication of the NJ
State PBA
• A monthly State PBA Watch
List which updates legislation
affecting current and retired
PBA/PFRS members
• A list of job openings for
retired officers
• Survivors Bulletin
• Annual newsletter
• Monthly luncheon meeting:
Second Tuesday of each
month. Log on to www.njspba600.org for location
and time
We all must continue to be engaged in the political process because that’s how we
can affect change. I will continue to do my best to keep all of you informed along
the way.
Best wishes, and happy holidays. d
News and notes from first vice-president John Sharkey
Dues card/Courtesy cards: To prevent the many problems we had last year, we
have implemented new procedures on the purchase of cards. These will ensure your
cards arrive in a timelier manner.
New office hours: Normally there will be someone in the office Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. until noon and on Tuesdays until 3 p.m. Please call before coming
to make sure someone will be there.
Death notifications: Call the office and ask for Trustee Steve Kaminsky or myself,
or give all information to the person you reach. Hopefully, if information is received
before services, members can be notified who would like to attend. If services have
already taken place, we will assist the family in any way we can.
Contact me for more information. Thank you, and I would like to wish everyone
a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. d
We’re all Devils
Come join us for a night with the New Jersey Devils when they play the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Specially priced tickets are now available
at www.newjerseydevils.com/njpba600 by
using the promo code: NJSPBA600.
In addition to these specially-priced tickets, the NJ Devils are offering $10-value
food and beverage cards for $3 to those
who purchase these tickets. There is no
limit on how many of these cards you may
purchase. To obtain these cards, or for any
other information, contact Tom Milmoe at
[email protected].