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
Domenic Cappella 5th Vice-President
Mark Aurigemma 6th Vice-President
Mark Messinger 7th Vice-President
Eugene Dello 8th Vice-President
Keith Bennett 9th Vice-President
Richard Kott 10th Vice-President
Bruce Chester 11th Vice-President
Margaret Hammond 12th Vice-President
Michael Kaniuk Financial Secretary
George Miller Recording Secretary
John Monsees Treasurer
A great ride…
and a bumpy one
As I write this, more than 1,900 officers, survivors and support personnel are
en route to Washington, D.C. in honor of the more than 21,000 names of fallen
officers on the wall at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. They are
participating in the 20th annual Police Unity Tour. It's been an honor to be a part
of this internationally-renowned event since 2009. I wish I was there from the
first year. What a legacy!
As I write this, there is also a meeting at the office of NJ State Assembly Speaker
Patrick
Vincent Prieto. I'll guess that there will be
Colligan
a solution regarding what happens with
the state’s plan to take over and run things
in Atlantic City by the time this issue of NJ Cops Magazine
is printed.
There isn't much left to say or write. It is an outright
attack on public sector employees in New Jersey that still
shocks me to the core. I still have no idea how these problems are supposed to be solved on the backs of public
employees. The games being played in the State Assembly are sickening while our brothers and
sisters in Atlantic City worry about getting a paycheck. I can only guess how it will end, but we
won't stop fighting to preserve collective bargaining.
Someday, probably sooner than later, we will know what the real fight is about Atlantic City.
I'm going to go way out on a limb and guess it might have something to do with money. It's tough
playing by the rules when somebody stands to make millions. Unfortunately, it's once again
being done on our backs. d
Frederick Ludd, Sr. Trustee
Luke Sciallo Trustee
Frank P. Cipully Trustee
POLICE WEEK 2016
John Cernek Trustee
Ed Carattini, Jr. Trustee
Michael Freeman Trustee
Bryan Flammia Trustee
Robert Ormezzano Sergeant-at-Arms
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
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NEW JERSEY COPS
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MAY 2016
The NJ State PBA Remembers
those who made the
ultimate sacrifice