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NJ STATE PBA MEMBER OF THE YEAR RICHARD FIOCCO OCEAN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE LOCAL 171 Standing Ovation Rich Fiocco with members of the Ocean County Conference at the NJ State PBA Valor Awards. Cheers for a member and his lifetime of achievement ■ BY MITCHELL KRUGEL The lasting image from the 2015 Valor Awards has to be the picture of Rich Fiocco standing on a chair with his Ocean County Conference brothers in the background. Not that Fiocco has ever needed a chair to stand out or stand tall. If this had been an Italian wedding, the Ocean County Conference boys would have carried Fiocco around the room in that chair as everybody danced the Tarantella, as they all will likely do when each of his four daughters – Gianna, Christina, Nina and Maria – tie the knot. With his infectious smile and even more infectious enthusiasm, 2015 Valor S AWARD 34 NEW JERSEY COPS ■ DECEMBER 2015 Fiocco can turn any event into a festive occasion. Honoring Fiocco, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office State Delegate the past 15 years, as the 2015 NJ State PBA Member of the Year was undoubtedly the feel-good moment amid a night of feeling good for law enforcement. Now, Rich would be the first to pass the credit and the spotlight on to all other honorees. But the fa