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NEW JERSEY COPS ■ JANUARY 2015
Holiday community service roundup with Local 92
Madison Local 92 members worked overtime this holiday
season collecting food for a food pantry and for senior citizens,
building a house for Habitat for Humanity and even bringing
Christmas back for two children who were victims of bike theft.
Here are some scenes from a Very Madison Holiday Season:
Patrolman Chad Rybka and Chief Darren Dachisen deliver more
than 3,000 pounds of food to The Interfaith Food Pantry in Morris Plains on Oct. 31.
Madison PBA members (current and retired) volunteered several days for three new residential homes built by Morris County Habitat for Humanity and the Madison Affordable Housing
Corporation. The homes were dedicated on Sept. 22, 2014. From
left: Local 92 President Patrolman Luis Goncalves, Detective
Kenneth Shannon, Lieutenant Dennis Lam (retired), Sergeant
Joseph Longo, Sergeant John Misha, Lieutenant Joseph Cirella,
Local 92 Vice-President Patrolman Paul Papamarkos, Sergeant
James Cavessa, Chief Darren Dachisen, Detective Paul
Kosakowski and Sergeant Craig Perrelli.
Officers delivered Thanksgiving food baskets to Madison’s senior citizens. From Left: Patrolman Anthony Maccario, Detective
Edward Mitchko, Patrolman Kevin Boone, Patrolwoman Lisa
Esposito, Lieutenant Joseph Cirella, Patrolman Christopher
Keller and Local 92 President Patrolman Luis Goncalves (second
from right).
The Local’s annual Toys for Tots drive collected 1,533 toys this
year, bringing the program’s total to more than 14,000 toys since
its inception. From left: Lieutenant Joseph Cirella, Patrolwoman
Lisa Esposito, Patrolman Christopher Keller, Patrolman Sean
McCarthy, Sergeant Craig Perrelli, Detective Kenneth Shannon,
Patrolman Chad Rybka and Local 92 President Patrolman Luis
Goncalves.
Local 92 members purchased new bikes for two children who
were victims of bike theft on Dec. 30. From left: Patrolwoman
Stephanie Corrao, Local 92 President Patrolman Luis Goncalves,
Patrolman Christopher Keller and Sergeant Craig Perrelli.