PBA forms relationship
with Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society
Senator Greenstein is
on your side
President Colligan admitted that there are
very few people PBA members can count on in
Trenton, but one of those exceptions is Senator
and newly appointed Law and Public Safety
Committee Chair Linda Greenstein (D-14),
whom he has worked with repeatedly since he
took over office nine months ago.
“To see a friendly face put on that committee
made my job easier,” Colligan said as he invited
Senator Greenstein to the podium.
“I find your issues easy to be supportive of
because they’re right,” Greenstein opened
before giving a shout out to her recently retired
brother-in-law who served in the Port Authority
PD for 34 years.
Senator Greenstein addressed the issue of
body cameras and announced that her committee recently received approval for a study commission that will work not only with her
committee but police organizations as well to
study the subject before taking action.
“Having this done in a proper way could be
very useful to the police but it has to be done
properly,” she noted. “I’m going to do everything
in my power to push for this commission and
see that it really takes place.”
The legislator also added that she wants to
make sure corrections officers are protected in
regards to the Juvenile Justice Bill.
“We want to make sure the interests that
police and corrections officers have are protected in these bills and that’s what I’ll always do,”
Greenstein promised.
The senator then addressed the hot topic of
pensions, stating that if there is any organization
that deserves a good and safe pension system, it
is the police and fire organizations.
“We want this well funded pension system to
be kept local and not be affected by some of the
state’s problems,” said Greenstein. “I’ll do everything in my power so you don’t lose everything
you fought for your whole career.”
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State PBA President Pat Colligan stressed to
members the importance of establishing an
ongoing relationship with the Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society of NJ before introducing
Gina Murdoch, the Deputy Executive Director
for the NJ chapter.
“Unfortunately, every three minutes another
person is diagnosed with blood cancer and
every 10 minutes we lose someone,” said Murdoch. “Our mission is to cure Leukemia, Lymphoma and Hodgkin’s and improve the quality
of life for patients and families.”
In 1960, if a child was diagnosed the survival
rate was three per