we had a unanimous vote to go with the PBA.”
Fiocco’s service to the Local has included a lifetime of ultimate challenges. When he was State Delegate, a young detective named Tina
Rambo used to come to him to ask for advice and ideas about how to
do her job. Rambo and her family
became
friends with
=
= close
=
= = Rich and
his wife, Kathy. And then= on Aug.
1,
2011,
Detective
Rambo
was lost
=
=
=
= in
the line of duty when a car= crossed
over the
70 and
=
= = center line of
= Route
=
hit her head-on.
=
=
=
=
Fiocco had also formed a friendship
with
Local
171 Detective Scott
=
=
=
Stevens. His son, Scotty, was the same
age as
=
= Fiocco’s
= = youngest
= = daughter, Maria.
spent
On
=
= The
= families
=
=
=holidays together.
=
= Jan.
= 31, =a little less
than= a year= ago,
sustained
while
= Stevens
=
= died= from
= injuries
=
= =
=
=driving =on
duty= in Lacey
Township.
Fiocco
spent
most
of
those
two
weeks
at the
=
=
=
=
=
hospital, then took on planning Stevens’ funeral.
“I think anybody
that
good
=
=
= looks
= back= on life
= recalls
=
= = times, =bad times,
= =
happy= times and= sad times,”
“When
cops look back,
= = Fiocco
= reflected.
=
=
it’s the extremes. The good times were very good and the bad times
were very bad.
= It’s= a ton of emotion. I have a great deal of satisfaction
over the work we have done
with Local 171. But there’s a lot of frustra=
tion looking at the
= politics and the people that are in charge, high-ranking officers who
= couldn’t polish a road guy’s shoes.”
You have just heard one of Fiocco’s keys to longtime service to his
members and the
cop,
= =PBA.
= He is
= not= a disgruntled
= =
= but rather
= one who
never= hesitates to say
= what
= he feels.=He= has
= always believed
= = that saying
what=you think
and doing
the right=thing are= the ways to keep from get=
=
ting questioned about why you did something, not getting secondguessed and sleeping
like a baby at night.
=
Such qualities certainly
have endeared Fiocco to the Ocean County
=
Conference, and he confided that he will treasure the picture of him
standing on the chair =as much= as any of=his= accomplishments with the
PBA. Quite simply,
he was the guy who never hesitated when he was
=
called on. When
= the state was attempting to combine all the county
=
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= =
= =
= four
= daughters= and other
= members
= = of= his family
= were on
His wife, Kathy,
= = = to celebrate
= = with Rich
= Fiocco
= = =
=
hand =at Caesar’s
=
= = =
=
=
=
=
=
prosecutor’s office cops into one agency, Fiocco chaired the PBA Pros= = Office
= Committee that essentially put down that threat.
ecutor’s
But he is just as happy serving as one of the guys who works the PBA
=
= =
=has always been
= about
= being
= one
= = of the
trailer. For Fiocco,
the reward
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
guys and being part of the team, which is why he insisted on having the
= =
=
= =
= =
=
= = =
= =
picture taken.
“All of those
people, they are my family,” he reminds. “My cases are
=
my cases,
= but
= the members
= = at the Local,
= =the guys at =the= County=Conference,
that’s
what I’m
to miss
= everybody= at the
= state
= office,
=
=
= going
=
most.”
=
=
=
= =
=
= = = =
=
= =
Come
which
=
=February,
=
=Fiocco will=retire to his
= boat from
=
=
=he= likes= to
go after all kinds of big game, especially shark. Oh, he might be gone
= =
=
= =
=
fishing. But don’t be surprised to see that smile pop up in a picture.d
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