(fall) 2012 - Italian American Police Society of New Jersey

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IAPSNJ Quarterly Magazine October 2012
Fall Edition
Volume 1, Issue 16
A social, fraternal organization of more than 4,000 Italian American Law Enforcement officers in the State.
MAGAZINE
Fall 2012
William Schievella, President
Editor: Patrick Minutillo
Executive Secretary
NOVEMBER 14,
2012
7:00 P.M.
NORTH STAR
ITALIANAMERICAN
CLUB
95 NORTH ST.
MADISON, NJ
AS USUAL, DUE TO
OUR HECTIC COLUMBUS DAY ACTIVITIES
SCHEDULE THERE IS
NO GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP
MEETING SCHEDULED
FOR OCTOBER.
OUR ANNUAL
MEMBERS CHRISTMAS PARTY (SEE
INFORMATION INSIDE)
WILL ALSO SERVE AS
OUR MONTHLY
MEMBERSHIP
MEETING FOR THE
MONTH OF
DECEMBER.
IAPSNJ COLUMBUS DAY PARADE
GRAND MARSHALL
CHIEF CHRISTOPHER TRUCILLO
NEW JERSEY TRANSIT PD
Visit us at http://www.iapsnj.org
IAPSNJ COLMBUS DAY
PARADE QUEEN
CATHERINE NARDONE
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
BY: BILL SCHIEVELLA
William Schievella
President
Alan J. Sierchio
Executive Vice President
John Lazzara
1st Vice President
Jerry Onnembo
2nd Vice President
Alfonse Imperiale
3rd Vice President
Joseph Simonetti
Financial Vice President
Rose Minoughan
Recording Secretary
Ronald Sepe
Financial Secretary
Patrick Minutillo
Executive Secretary
Vincent Nardone
Director
John Sartori
Sgt. at Arms
Sebastian D’Amato
Director of Communications
Trustees
Allan Attanasio
Robert Belfiore
Nick Incanella
Anthony Magnotta
Nat Faronea
Richard Giordano
Christopher Mincolelli
Michael Puzio
Peter Serrone
Joseph Rutigliano
John Sisto
Ronald Squillace
John Stroka
Daniel Sollitti
David Cavaliere
Edmond Brady, CPA
Dr. Brian Mignola
Dr Daniel Schievella
Linda Mallozzi Esq.
Caterina Benanti Esq
Fr. Christopher Hynes
Fr. David Baratelli
Fr. Geno Sylva
Queen Catherine Nardone of Pittstown and
our Parade Grand
Marshal Chief Christopher Trucillo of NJ
Transit PD will ride up
5th Avenue in style.
Fall 2012 President’s
Message
The Fall is an important time for Italian American's as we
celebrate the Columbus Day holiday.
Since the passage
of state law in 2009,
the month of October
has been officially
recognized as Italian
American Heritage
Month in New Jersey.
The Italian American
Police Society of New
Jersey as always is
proud to participate
in ceremonies and
parades marking this
important event. Our
members will proudly
march in parades in
New Jersey and NYC
to show our Italian
pride. This year our
beautiful Parade
the regular population. A important resource for all law enforcement officers is
Cop 2 Cop. This
group of police peer
counselors is led by
past IAPSNJ Woman
of the Year Cherie
I encourage memCastellano. Her orbers to march with
our group in the NYC ganization is administrated by UMDNJ has
Columbus Day Parade. It's a great ex- fielded more than
30,000 calls from poperience filled with
good food and cama- lice officers since its
raderie with our mem- founding and claims
to have prevented 189
bers and brothers
suicides out of 192
and sisters from the
NYPD. Afterwards we calls for suicide
threats.
will enjoy a nice Columbus Day lunch at
La Reggia in SecauWe have a responsibility as police officcus.
ers to be vigilant towards our peers that
The past years
might be in crisis.
economic problems
Take the time to talk
and political battles
to a fellow police ofhave taken their toll
ficer that might be exon NJ's law enforcehibiting signs of
ment community.
These add to the tre- stress or be at risk for
mendous stress fac- suicide attempts. Cop
2 Cop can only be of
tors that already
help if they are able
plague our brothers
to reach the officer in
and sisters in blue.
need. Please don't let
The issue of police
a friend or colleague
suicide has become
an alarming problem be the needless vicin recent years. Here tim of police suicide.
Take a minute to help
in New Jersey the
rate of police suicide a fellow police officer
in need.
is more than double
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As always I encourage all
members to make this season the time to attend a
meeting, sign up a new member or enjoy a day with family
and fellow members at the
Columbus Day Parade.
Please do not hesitate to
contact me via e mail or
phone if I can ever be of assistance.
Fraternally yours,
William Schievella, President
A MEMO FROM ASSEMBLYMAN ANTHONY BUCCO
PENDING LEGISLATION
In February of this year, I received a letter from Roxbury Township resident Judy
Shoudy. In the letter, she wrote on behalf of law enforcement officials and families who
have suffered the loss of police officers in the line of duty. Ms. Shoudy was a colleague
of Patrolman Joseph Wargo of the Mt. Arlington Police Department who lost his life when
a man said to be under the influence crashed into his police vehicle on Interstate 80. At
the side of the road where the accident occurred, there is no sign to mark his memory.
There is no stretch of roadway to honor his name. Ms. Shoudy asked about the possibility of establishing a formal procedure that would allow for the creation of roadside memorial signs that are substantial, respectful, and lasting across the State of New Jersey.
On March 8, 2012, I introduced A2679 which directs the New Jersey Department of
Transportation (“DOT”) to establish a fallen Police officer, EMS worker, and
Firefighter memorial sign program which includes a process for allowing a municipal or
law enforcement official or the next of kin of such an officer who dies in the line of duty to
apply to the DOT to sponsor a sign memorializing the deceased.
While this is a small gesture compared to the ultimate sacrifice our police, fire and
EMS workers are prepared to make, I believe it is important that all residents are reminded, that they are protected by these fine public servants 24 hours a day, 7days a week,
365 days a year. This bill is also designed to provide the relatives and colleagues of those
men and women who die in the line of duty to find a small measure of closure.
I would like to share an experience with you about drinking and driving.
As you well know, some of us have been known to have had brushes with
the authorities on our way home from the odd social session over the years.
A couple of nights ago, I was out for a few drinks with some friends at the
Marriott Hotel and had a few too many beers and some rather nice red wine.
Knowing full well I may have been slightly over the limit, I did something
I've never done before: I took a bus home.
Sure enough I passed a police road block, but as it was a bus, they waved it
past. I arrived home safely without incident, which was a real surprise; as I
have never driven a bus before and am not sure where I got it.
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Night Under the Stars
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Night Under the Stars
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IA PS N J E N D O R S E S
M ARTY B ARRETT
RETIRED POLICE AND FIRE SEAT
ON THE
P. F. R . S . B OA R D O F T R U S T E E S
A MESSAGE
FROM MARTY BARRETT
I have announced my intention to
be a candidate for re-election to the
Retired Police and Fire seat on the
P.F.R.S. Board of Trustees, and
strongly believe that I am the candidate most qualified for this post at this
tough time with Politicians seeking to
take away our hard earned pension
and health benefits.
After serving 16 years on the pension board as an active member, 8 of
which were served as Chairman and
Co-Chairman, with the PFRS Pension
funded over 100%.
In 2006 I retired expecting to enjoy
the benefits I had worked so hard for.
During this period, I saw many
Politicians calling for us to give up
pension and health benefits and make
higher contributions, and also observed the funding level of the PFRS
Fund becoming lower yearly by the
failure of State and Local Employers
to make the contributions required by
the Actuary, and the loss of Billions of
dollars in investments in 2007 and
2008.
It was a sad day I saw when in
2001 we were HEROS and in 2010
we had become ZEROS. Many Politicians and members of the public had
clearly forgotten who was expected to
run into those twin towers on September 11, and at other times during our
careers.
Consequently three years after I
retired, prompted by the attack on
Police and Fire salaries, pensions,
and health benefits, with the loss of
retiree COLA on June 28, 2011 when
Governor Christie signed into law
Chapter 78, I then decided to seek reelection to the Pension Board representing Retired Policemen and Firemen, to fight for the restoration of our
COLA and to assure that our benefits
would not be taken away again.
In the past, I had served as a PBA
Delegate for 15 years, including being
the State PBA Legislative Committee
Chairman and Co-Chairman, I worked
on the 55% Bill, the 60% Bill, the
65%-70% bills, the Final year Bill, the
widow's bills, Chapter 428, the Binding Arbitration Bill, the State-wide Police powers bill, the revision of the
Criminal Code 2C, the bill that restored Capitol Punishment , Chapter
247, and many more pieces of legislation that provided additional benefits
and rights to municipal, county, and
state law enforcement officers.
I also served as PBA County Chairman & Co-Chairman for 8 years, and
was 5th Vice President of the State
PBA, and the President of the N.J.
Police Honor Legion for 2005 and
2006.
While serving as the Pension Trustee representing Retired Police and
Firemen, I have attempted to represent our membership in a Professional manner. I was selected by the
PFRS Board of Trustees to represent
it on the State Investment Council,
which invests the funds of all Pension
Funds including the PFRS. In the
last Investment Council report, the
Fund earned 18.03% income on the $
70 Billion Fund.
In May OF 2012, the State Invest-
ment Council was named the " Large
Public Plan of the Year " by Money
Management Intelligence for getting "
superior returns for the Fiscal Year
that ended last June.
In fact, with my recent appointment
to the New Jersey State Investment
Council and the Division of Pensions
Actuary Selection Committee, I have
been placed in a position where I will
be able to assist retired and active
police and firemen in a much better
way.
Add this to my 20 years as a trustee on the PFRS Board of Trustees, 8
of which I served as Chairman, with
the Fund valued over 100%, affords
me greater influence and with more
knowledge of past and present goings
on, especially my knowledge of legislation and financial reports at a time
when we need such a person involved in our battle to have our COLA
and benefits restored.
I would sincerely appreciate your
support in this nomination and election process.
LET'S KEEP THIS PFRS
PENSION BOARD SEAT AS A
P.B.A./POLICE SEAT.
NOMINATE AND ELECT
MARTY BARRETT.
Contact Marty at
2348 SHORT STREET,
FORT LEE NJ 07024-4015
201-585-5244
THANK YOU !!
FRATERNALLY YOURS
MARTY BARRETT
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Our January and February Meeting Dates have been finalized so
for those of you who like to plan ahead mark your calendars
accordingly:
January Meeting
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 7 P.M.
Mountainside Inn, 509 Hazel Street, Clifton
February Meeting
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 7:00 P.M.
Marco Polo Restaurant, 527 Morris Avenue, Summit
PFRS NEWS
From After the Badge.com
At the July 16, 2012 reorganization meeting of the PFRS Board of Trustees, embattled and outspoken PFRS
Chairman, John Sierchio, stepped down as the Chairman but will remain as a Board Member. His current term expires on June 14, 2014. John Sierchio, as a NJ State PBA member, had some ideas on how to reform the current
PFRS Accidental Disability Retirement process after the N.J. Supreme Court made it easier to obtain after the RICHARDSON case. But John Sierchio also received flak from both the Public Safety Unions and PFRS Accidental
Disability Retirees with his support of State Senate President Sweeney's proposed Disability Pension Reform under
Senate Bill S-1913 (See the summary on Senate Bill S-1913 below).
The new PFRS Chairman selected was NJ State PBA Member Wayne Hall (trustee term expires, November 30,
2015). Wayne Hall was also just selected by the NJ State PBA to become a member of the Ten Person Pension
Committee, created under Chapter 78 (P.L. 2011). This new Pension Committee was formed after the Local Part of
the PFRS had achieved the required 75% percent "Target Funded Ratio". However, the State Part of the PFRS has
not yet achieved this number and no such Pension Committe has been formed for these PFRS retirees. Those State
Part PFRS retirees will not receive a COLA in 2012 or any time soon thereafter.
Other members selected to this PFRS Pension Committee (Local Part) were Troy Powell (NJ FMBA), Tige Platt
(PFANJ), Patrick Colligan (NJ State PBA) and James Stewart (NJ State FOP). It should be noted that none of the
Public Safety Unions had selected any PFRS retiree to serve on this PFRS Pension Committee. This Pension Committee, consisting of only active police and firemen, will decide whether or not PFRS retirees (Local Part) will receive
any COLA for 2012 or the upcoming 2013.
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WHAT NEXT?
and report the incidents
to civil rights groups.
three buttons: video recording, audio recording
and a tutorial on knowing
The arrival of the app, your rights.
called Police Tape, follows some high-profile
The app’s signature
cases in which police
feature is its ability to ophave clashed with citierate in "stealth mode"
zens over their recording while recording. When
of officers. It also speaks you start video recording,
to the notion that, anythe screen goes black,
where, any time —
as if it's off. When rewhether it’s by a police
cording audio, the app
department’s security
automatically minimizes
A new smartphone app, called Police Tape,
camera or a motorist’s
and disappears.
allows citizens to have at their fingertips the
cell phone — everyone
ability to secretly digitally record law enforceNew Jersey is only
can be recorded.
ment officials and upload the incident to the
the second state to have
American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
"The app, which dethis type of app available
for review and to be saved to an external server
buts only for Android de- to smartphone users,
to allow state residents to vices but will be available Shalom said. The app
Just in case you
missed this, the ACLU’s secretly record police
for iPhones in July, is
developer, a watchdog
New Jersey chapter has stops, protect the record- simple to use and can be group called OpenWatch,
ings from being deleted downloaded at
gone beyond the courtcalls these types of proby displeased officers
room, introducing a
aclu-nj.org/app. It grams "reverse surveilsmartphone application
lance."
opens to a screen with
On June 24th a gala farewell party was held at the Fiesta in Wood Ridge for Mr. Al
Sierchio. Mr. Sierchio will be
relocating to Florida, along
with son Al and Daughter in
Law Trish.
Mr. Sierchio, 95, a Pearl
Harbor Veteran, was instrumental during the founding
days of the IAPSNJ and was
always very active in the organization. He will be missed.
Our best wishes to Mr.
Sierchio and family for many
happy times in Sunny Florida.
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IAPSNJ members Capt. Daniel
Sollitti & P.O. John Scalcione of
Jersey City PD pause to enjoy the
IAPSNJ Sponsored hole at the Jersey
City POBA Golf Outing at Pebble
Creek in Colt's Neck, NJ on June
22nd.
At the NOBLE Northern NJ
Scholarship & Awards Dinner
they recognized Michael Morgan
and presented his mother with a
Medal of Honor. In the below
photo along with PBA President
Tony Wieners are the Morgan
family and Keisha Higgs from
the NOBEL Executive Board.
In the above photo : IAPSNJ
Director Vinnie Nardone, MC
Prosecutor Bob Bianchi,
IAPSNJ President Bill
Schievella, along with fellow
IAPSNJ members A/P Lisa
Scorsolini, Julian Hill and
Keisha Higgs.
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PLUMSTED POLICE DEPT. HAS
A NEW CHIEF
Sgt. Matthew Petrecca was promoted to chief and took the
oath of office on August 2, 2012
Chief Petrecca got his start as a police officer in Seaside Heights in 1996 and
has been serving Plumsted for 15 years.
Although Chief Petrecca’s new position is largely an administrative one, he said he
still would be out on patrol due to the lack of patrol officers in the township.
Township Committee members hope creating the new position will help the Police
Department run more efficiently.
According to the new ordinance, Chief
Petrecca will be responsible for maintaining
the order of the Police Department, delegating
orders to the officers and enforcing the rules
and regulations of the police force.
Chief Petrecca had been the officer-incharge for three years. Making him chief requires he report to the mayor and Township
Committee at least once a month..
”The new rank will allow me to network
with other chiefs from different towns, the
county and state,” said Petrecca, who is hopeful he can use his new position to bring more
officers and new equipment to the force.
Chief Petrecca said he has a clear vision
for where the department should be heading.
His goals include expanding the department’s
structure and opportunities to be involved with
the community.
”Having a chief of police is important for
the community,” Chief Petrecca said. “When
Matthew Petrecca was named the new chief of the
you have a chief of police, it shows (the comPlumsted Township Police Department on Friday. Here, his munity) that there is leadership.”
At the ceremony , Assemblyman Ron
brother, Lt. Vincent Petrecca, pins a star on his collar while
Dancer,
former mayor of the township, adminChief Petrecca’s wife, Diane, and members of the Township
istered the oath of office.
Committee look on.
He said, “I was mayor when the Township
Committee hired Matt Petrecca in March of
1998, and it was an honor for me as assemblyman to officiate the oath of office to Matt and swear him to become Plumsted
Township’s fifth chief of police since the Police Department was established in 1965.
He said that in the Township Committee form of government, a mayor is not permitted by law to officiate swearing-in ceremonies. He has introduced legislation, Assembly bill A310, to amend state law to allow mayors in the township committee form
of government, such as Plumsted and Upper Freehold townships, to do just that.
He noted there have been four police chiefs preceding Mr. Petrecca since 1965. They are Chief Warren Byrne, Plumsted’s
first chief of police; Chief Ed Earley; Chief Glen Miller; and Chief Sal Naimo.
Former Public Safety Director Michael Lynch also was thanked by everyone for “volunteering” his time for the past eight
years since his appointment in 2004.
Mr. Lynch, when appointed, declined to take the $20,000 salary and insisted the money be kept in the Police Department
budget for patrolman’s salaries and operating expenses.
Assemblyman Dancer added, “During the past four years, Matt has established himself as a respected leader of our Police
Department and spearheaded the initiative of the mayor and Township Committee from 2009 to 2011 to have the Plumsted
Township Police Department achieve accreditation by the New Jersey Chiefs of Police Association and recognition from the
National Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies,” Assemblyman Dancer said. “Accreditation is the gold
standard in public safety that is only attained by police departments that are in compliance with the highest standards of professional excellence with policies and procedures.”
The Italian American Police Society of New Jersey is proud of Chief Matt Petrecca and are proud to call him one of our
members. We wish him of best of luck and success in his new position.
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MEMBER NEWS
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
We would like to congratulate Brother Carmen Cerreto on being
re-elected State Delegate of
Retired Officers Local #600
Keep up the great work!
U.S. Marine Corps
Lance Cpl. Conor
Brady with 1st Platoon, Charlie Company,
1st Battalion, 1st Marine
Regiment, Regimental
Combat Team 6
provides security while a
patrol base is established during Operation
Black Shield in Reg-E
Khan Neshin, Afghanistan on July 21, 2012.
Operation Black Shield
was executed to disrupt
trafficking of narcotics in
the Reg-E Khan Neshin
district and build rapport
with local residents.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Travis
A. D'Ambroi/Released)
Conor is the son of Ed Brady, a long time friend, member and
accountant of the IAPSNJ, as well as many other law enforcement
organizations.
GO TO WWW.IAPSNJ.ORG
FOR ON-LINE APPLICATION
AND INFORMATION
PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR DUES
All members are urged to take a moment,if they haven't already,and send in their 2011 Membership Dues of $25 to
keep their membership active. Membership dues help fund many important programs such as our scholarship
and"good and welfare" funds, Columbus Day celebration, and holiday charity toy drive. Our Dues Payment via PayPal has taken off and at least 15% of our membership have now renewed on-line, as well as New Members joining
and paying their dues fully on-line.
This year we will be pushing our dues renewal campaign via email, to the on-line system. Please take advantage of
it. It is simple & secure. You will start seeing the 2012 dues reminders starting in November. Take advantage. No
PayPal account, No Worries. The system will accept credit cards securely as well. If you must pay via check, please
make checks payable toThe Italian American Police Society of NJ and include your membership number if possible.
Mail to: I.A.P.S. of N.J., 729 Indian Road, Wayne NJ,
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IAPSNJ PROUDLY CONTINUES IT’S LONG RELATIONSHIP AND ONGOING SUPPORT OF NEW JERSEY SPECIAL OLYMPICS AT THIS
YEAR’S SUMMER GAMES
Former PAPD Chief and long time Director of the New
Jersey Special Olympics Program LE Torch Run,
Bob Belfiore, at opening day ceremonies.
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JUNE 8 ~ 10, 2012
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
EWING, NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Special Olympics Mission:
To provide year-round sports training and
athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type
sports for children and adults with intellectual
disabilities, giving them continuing
opportunities to develop physical fitness,
demonstrate courage, experience joy and
participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and
friendship with their families, other Special
Olympics athletes and the community.
Once again the IAPSNJ had a presence at the Special Olympics Summer
Games. We are all proud of our own Chief Robert Belfiore who continues to
serve as the Law Enforcement Torch Run's Director. This group of
law enforcement organizations including the IAPSNJ raised $2.7 million this
past year for Special Olympics! i would like to thank our IAPSNJ crew
consisting of; Bob Belfiore, John Stroka, Tom Stroka, Vinnie Nardone, Jerry
Onnembo, Joe Simonetti, John Comparetto, Rose Minoughan, Helen
Nardone, Laura Schievella, Jennifer Simonetti, Tim Minoughan, Riley
Minoughan, Gianna Onnembo, Katherine Nardone and Chrisie Belfiore for all
of their hard work .
Hats off to SONJ for all of their outstanding work!
Bill Schievella, President IAPSNJ
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The Feast of Madonna Dei Martiri
A Hoboken Tradition
From:
Luigi Armenio
To all the Italian/
American Police
Officers with best
wishes from
Molfetta Police
Department.
where
This Banner is hanging
praybetween 512 Adams Street
ers
( The Delboccio House)
were
and 514 Adams Street in
said
Hoboken. A plaque (see
with
the
arrow) placed under the
two
banner is in tribute to the
FerGrandparents of
ry’s
Hoboken Officer and
full of
IAPSNJ
Executive Board
peoMember
ple
Mark Aurigemma,
who
made
Marco and Ursula
the
Aurigemma.
trip. It
Tradition still lives on in
may
the last 88 years
Hoboken on 5th and
not be Molfetta, but it
in Hoboken.
is always a great
Adams.
sight and tradition that
has been carried on for
The Feast of Madonna Dei Martiri was
held in Hoboken between Sept 6th-9th.
The Feast is held right
on the Hudson River
between NY and NJ.
On September 9th
from Sinatra Park, .the
Madonna was transported on one of the
ferry boats and escorted over to ground zero
in New York City
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SOLLITTI BRINGS HIS EXPERTISE TO THE
INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE
1998. Dr. Henry
C Lee, the Institute's founder,
has been a member of the UNH
faculty since
1975. His internationally renowned
reputation as one
of the world's
leading forensic
scientists, coupled with the University of New
Haven's 25 year
history as one of
the foremost academic forensic
programs in the
Capt. Daniel Sollitti, JCPD gestures while teaching a course in
Forensic Facial Reconstruction while renowned forensic scientist
country was the
Dr. Henry C. Lee looks on at the Henry Lee Institute in New
catalyst for the
Haven, CT
creation of this
Captain
Daniel
Sollitti
project.
These
Hats off to our own
Executive Board mem- on his recent stint this strengths imbue the
past June as an inInstitute with a solid
ber, Jersey City PD
structor at
core of competency
the very
and expertise in the
prestigious
field of public safety
Henry C. Lee and forensic science.
Institute of
The Henry C. Lee
Forensic SciInstience.
tute
The Hen- of
ry C. Lee In- Fostitute of Forensic Science, affiliated with the
University of
New Haven,
opened in
the fall of
rensic Science specializes in interdisciplinary
research, training, testing, consulting and education in forensic science.
The Institute of Forensic Science links
scholars, forensic scientists, the legal community, and professional practitioners of many
fields in addressing the
scientific and social issues confronting forensic science and the
criminal justice system
throughout the world.
Through training, consultation, research, and
our unique public
learning center, the Institutes goal
Great Job Dan! Our
organization is very
proud of your accomplishments and contributions to law enforcement..
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America’s Oldest Italian Restaurants
Courtesy of: Janice Therese Mancuso
America’s Oldest Italian
Restaurants
Janice Therese Mancuso
I cibi Italiani sono diventati parte
dell’America da quando hanno
cominciato ad emigrare Italiani qui
in America fin dal lontano mille e
settecento. Specialmente a metà
del 1800 quando venivano nella
nuova terra, tanti Italiani iniziarono
a guadagnarsi soldi cucinando per
altri emigranti e lavoratori, o lavorando nelle cucine, o cucinando e
poi portandolo ad altre famiglie. E
poi essendo popolari le locande
del caffe e le colonial taverns fu
presa l’iniziativa di servire cibo
cucinato all’Italiana. Cosi’
nacquero col tempo ristoranti che
sono aperti da piu di cento anni
ed ancora famosissimi. Come ad
esempio Ristorante Fior D’Italia a
San Francisco nel 1886, Dante e
Luigi Corona di Ferro in Philadelphia nel 1899, Ralph Italian Restaurant in Philadelphia nel 1993 e
Barbetta a New York nel 1906.
coffee houses and English and
Colonial American taverns, it wasn’t long before the doors opened
to establishments that served
meals for a fee. For Italians, it was
an easy transition, and the restaurants below are proof of the endurance of cucina Italiana.
Ristorante Fior d’Italia,
San Francisco, California
In 1886, Angelo Del Monte
opened a restaurant to serve the
local clientele of a burgeoning
business. In the following years,
he took in several partners -among them his cooks -- and in
1903, a full partner, Armido
Marianetti. The original building
burned down in 1893, and the
business survived the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fire that
destroyed much of San Francisco.
The restaurant opened in a temporary wooden shack within a
week after the earthquake, serving soup out of kettles to the
homeless while the city was rebuilt. A year later, Fior d'Italia
opened in a new building, relocating twice more before moving to
Italian food became part of Ameri- its current location in the San
ca with the arrival of immigrants
Remo Hotel.
from Italy in the early seventeenth
century. During the mass migration that began in the mid-1800s, By the late 1920s, Marianetti had
as they settled in the new country, become the sole owner of Fior
some Italian families earned mon- d'Italia. His sons, Frank and
George, operated the restaurant
ey by taking in borders and
until 1977, when it was sold to a
providing meals, or “mama” was
group of local investors. In 1990,
paid to cook -- either working in
ownership of the restaurant was
someone’s kitchen or preparing
sold to another group of investors.
meals at home and delivering
The current principle owners do
them to other families.
not have an Italian heritage, but
they understand the importance of
With the popularity of European
preserving the history of the res-
taurant. For the 110th anniversary
in 1996 -- in a repeat of a successful 100th anniversary in 1986
-- the original menu from 1886
was served, and patrons were
charged the original prices. Meals
ranged from $.05 to $.30. Last
April, Fior d'Italia celebrated its
125th anniversary, and the 1886
menu was offered during lunch.
To learn more about the restaurant, read The Fabulous Fior -Over 100 Years in an Italian Kitchen at www.fior.com/information/
fior_book.pdf.
Dante & Luigi’s, Corona di Ferro,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Established in 1899, Dante &
Luigi’s is Philadelphia’s oldest Italian restaurant. Immigrants arriving
from Italy would have the name of
the restaurant written on a piece
of paper and pinned to their lapel.
They worked in the restaurant and
lived in the upstairs rooms.
Ralph’s Italian Restaurant,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In 1893, Francesco and Catherine Dispigno, and their three-year
-old son Ralph, arrived in America
from Naples. They settled in Philadelphia and in 1900, Francesco
rented a building and opened a
restaurant to provide meals for his
hardworking neighbors. Five
years later, Francesco bought the
building and Ralph left school to
help run the family business. The
restaurant flourished and in 1915,
Francesco bought a larger building -- its current location -- and
converted the first two floors of
the boarding house into a
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Restaurant. Rooms on
member, Sebastiano’s
the third floor would be- daughter, Laura Macome home to Italian im- ioglio.
migrants that he sponsored.
Barbetta specializes in
regional food from PiedRalph already had conmont, and was the first
trol of the restaurant
restaurant in America to
when his father passed
offer white truffles and
in the 1930s, and
Bagna Cauda -- a dipthrough the years,
ping sauce of olive oil,
Ralph’s children worked garlic and anchovies
at the restaurant, with
served hot with vegetaRalph Jr. and his sister
bles. The menu provides
Elaine, running the resa history of the restautaurant after Ralph Sr.
rant’s offerings, with
died in 1971. Elaine’s
most dishes listing the
children, Eddie and Jim- date they were first
my, both wanted to work served at Barbetta. The
in the restaurant, with
landmark buildings and
Jimmy insisting that they history of the restaurant
dress like the other wait- have earned it a designaers. They worked as bus- tion from Locali Storici
boys and then waiters,
d’Italia, a cultural associand leaned how to cook ation in Italy that recogfrom their Uncle Ralph.
nizes “the oldest and
Today, Jimmy and Eddie most prestigious hotels,
co-own the restaurant,
restaurants, cafés” -- eswith Jimmy as Executive tablishments that are imChef; and the fifth gener- portant to Italian history.
ation is now learning the
family trade to keep
Throughout the United
Ralph’s the oldest Italian
States in the early 1900s,
restaurant in America
numerous restaurants
owned by the same famiwere started by immily.
grants from Italy. In East
Boston, MA, Pasquale
Barbetta, New York City Ievoli opened Jeveli's in
In the Theater District of 1924. (As with many Italian immigrants, his name
New York City, in townwas changed when he
houses that once belonged to the Astors, the passed through Ellis Isoldest Italian restaurant land.) Jeveli’s is the oldin the City celebrates its est Italian restaurant in
East Boston and contin105th anniversary this
ues to be operated by
year. Barbetta was
the same family. Sunny
founded by Sebastiano
Italy Café, the oldest ItalMaioglio, an immigrant
ian restaurant in South
from the Province of
Alessandria (Piedmont), Bend, IN, opened in
1926. The Italian Village,
in 1906. The restaurant
is still owned by a family “the oldest Italian restau-
rant in Chicago,” opened
in 1927 by Alfredo Capitanini and is still family
owned.
Vincenzo Camuglia was
16 years old when he
traveled from Catania,
Sicily to America. With
his named changed to an
Americanized James
Kemoll, he settled in St.
Louis, MO and in 1927
opened Kemoll’s as a
small confectionary. The
establishment expanded
to serve lunch and then
dinner; and is now operated by his children and
other family members. In
DuQuoin, IL, Guy Alongi,
an immigrant from Cinisi,
Sicily, opened Alongi’s in
1933. Noted as the
“oldest Italian restaurant
in Southern Illinois,”
Alongi’s is now operated
by the grandsons of the
founder.
The longevity of the Italian restaurants mentioned above is a testament to the popularity of
Italian food in America.
Janice Therese Mancuso
is the author of Con
Amore, a culinary novel;
and founder of ThirtyOne Days of Italians, an
educational program to
promote Italian and Italian American history, culture, and heritage. For
more information, visit
http://home.earthlink.net/
~31italians,
www.jtmancuso.com, or
email at [email protected].
The “IAPSNJ
Newsletter” is an official
publication of the Italian
American Police Society of
New Jersey, P.O. Box
352, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071. This publication
is mailed to our General
Membership and selected
readers from throughout
New Jersey on no less
than a quarterly basis and
is made available by way of
our website at
http://www.iapsnj.org.
No portion of this
publication may be reproduced, altered from its original content, or distributed
in any way, shape or form
without the expressed written consent of the Italian
American Police Society of
New Jersey. In some cases
pictures, commentary or
articles may be used wholly
or in part within the context
of this publication. In all
such cases full credit shall
be extended to the photographer, writer and or publication.
As always, you
may contact us in a variety
of manners including telephone, regular mail or preferably, email:
1-800-IAPSNJ1 (Office)
[email protected]
www.iapsnj.org (web site)
All communications must be accompanied
by the writers name, return
address and telephone
numbers.
Executive /Secretary &
Editor:
Patrick Minutillo
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Great Italian American Series
Ernest Borgnine (1917 ~ 2012)
Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes
Effron Borgnino; January 24,
1917 – July 8, 2012) was an
American film and television actor
whose career spanned more than
six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the
1950s, winning an Oscar in 1955
for Marty. On television, he
played Quinton McHale in the
1962–1966 series McHale’s Navy
and co-starred in the mid-1980s
action series Airwolf, in addition to
a wide variety of other roles.
Borgnine earned an Emmy Award
nomination at age 92 for his work
on the series ER. He was also the
voice of Mermaid Man on
SpongeBob SquarePants..
Borgnine was born Ermes
Effron Borgnino in 1917 in Hamden, Connecticut. He was the son
of Anna (nee Boselli), who emigrated to the United States from
Carpi (Modena, Italy), and Camillo Borgnino, who emigrated to the
U.S. from Ottiglio (Allessanfria
Italy). Borgnine's parents separated when he was two years old,
and he and his mother went to
live in Italy for about 4 and 1/2
years. By 1923, his parents had
reconciled, and the family name
School in New Haven, Connecticut He was discharged in 1941,
but re-enlisted after Pearl Harbor
and served until 1945, accumulating a total of ten years in the Navy
and reaching the rank of gunner’s
mate 1st class in the process. He
served aboard the destroyer USS
Lamberton. His military decorations included the Navy Good
Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medall with Fleet
Clasp, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory
Medal.
Also, Borgnine received the
honorary rating of Chief Pettyf
was changed from Borgnino to
Officer in October 2004, from
Borgnine. The family settled in
Master Chief Pettyf Officer of the
Northf Haven, Connecticut, where Navy Terry D. Scott for Borgnine's
he attended public schools.
support of the Navy and naval
Borgnine took to sports while
families worldwide.
growing up, but showed no interAfter the war was over,
est in acting.
Borgnine returned to his parents'
Borgnine joined the United
home with no job and no direcStates Navy in 1935, after gradu- tion. In a British Film Institute
ation from Jame Hillhouse High
interview about his life and ca"Pay or Die!" in honor of recently
deceased actor, Ernest Borgnine who
immortalized Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino in
this film adaptation of his life.
Based on real incidents in the life and
death of Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino of the
New York police force, this tale set
between 1906-1909 details the history of
the lieutenant's fight to prove Sicilian Mafia
involvement in crimes in New York City. Lt.
Petrosino has a series of dangerous close
calls as he distinguishes himself by saving
singer Enrico Caruso from a Mafia bomb
outside the Metropolitan Opera, and by
also saving the father of Adelina, the
woman he loves. Several other exploits
eventually lead to Petrosino's trip to Sicily
to gather evidence for the Mafia's activities
in New York, and for a final meeting with
destiny.
reer, Borgnine said:
After World War II we wanted
no more part in war. I didn't even
want to be a boy-scout. I went
home and said that I was through
with the Navy and so now, what
do we do? So I went home to
mother, and after a few weeks of
patting on the back and, 'You did
good,' and everything else, one
day she said, 'Well?' like mothers
do. Which meant, 'Alright, you
gonna get a job or what?'
As he was unwilling to settle
for a dead-end factory job, his
mother encouraged him to pursue
a more glamorous profession and
suggested that his personality
would be well suited for the stage.
He surprised his mother by taking
the suggestion to heart, although
his father was far from enthusiastic. In 2011, Borgnine remembered, She said, `You always like
getting in front of people and
making a fool of yourself, why
don't you give it a try?' I was ting
at the kitchen table and I saw this
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sitting at the kitchen table and I
saw this light, No kidding. It
sounds crazy. And 10 years later,
I had Grace Kelly handing me an
Academy Award.
After graduation, Borgnine
auditioned and was accepted to
the Barter Theatre in Abingdon,
Virginia, so-called for its audiences bartering their produce for
admission during the Great Depression. In 1947, he landed his
first stage role in State of the
Union. Although it was a short
role, he won over the audience.
His next role was as the Gentleman Caller in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. In
1949, he had his Broadway debut
in the role of a nurse in the play
Harvey. More roles on stage led
him to being a decades-long character actor.
In 1951, Borgnine moved to
Los Angeles, California, where he
eventually received his big break
in From Here to Eternity (1953),
playing the sadistic Sergeant
"Fatso" Judson, who beats a
stockade prisoner in his charge,
Angelo Maggio (played by Frank
Sinatra). Borgnine built a reputation as a dependable character
actor and played villains in early
films, including movies like Johnny Guitar, Vera Cruz and Bad
Day at Black Rock. But in 1955,
the actor starred as a warmhearted butcher in Marty, the film version of the television play of the
same name, which gained him an
Academy Award for Best Actor
over Frank Sinatra, James Dean
(who had died by the time of the
ceremony), and former best actor
winners Spencer Tracy and
James Cagney.
Borgnine's film career flourished through the 1960s, 1970s
and 1980s, including roles in The
Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The
Dirty Dozen (1967), Emperor of
the North (1973), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Convoy (1978), The
Poseidon Adventure (1972), The
Black Hole (1979) and Escape
from New York (1981).
One of his most famous roles was
that of Dutch, a member of The
Wild Bunch in the 1969 Western
classic from director Sam Peckinpah. Of his role in The Wild
Bunch, he later said, "I did [think it
was a moral film]. Because to me,
every picture should have some
kind of a moral to it. I feel that
when we used to watch old pictures, as we still do I'm sure, the
bad guys always got it in the end
and the good guys always won
out. Today it's a little different.
Today it seems that the bad guys
are getting the good end of it.
There was always a moral in our
story."
Borgnine made his TV debut
as a character actor in Captain
Video and His Video Rangers,
beginning in 1951. These two
episodes led to countless other
television roles that Borgnine
would gain in Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Fireside Theatre,
Frontier Justice, Laramie, Bob
Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Run for Your Life, Little
House on the Prairie(a two-part
episode entitled "The Lord is My
Shepherd"), The Love Boat, Magnum, P.I., Highway to Heaven,
Murder, She Wrote, Walker, Texas Ranger, Home Improvement,
Touched by an Angel, and the
final episodes of ER, Wagon
Train first episode, among many
others.
In 2009, at the age of 92,
Borgnine earned an Emmy nomination for his performances in the
final two episodes of ER.
In 1962, Borgnine joined the
ranks of other sitcom stars such
as John Forsythe, Andy Griffith,
Danny Thomas, Alan Young,
Robert Young, Fred MacMurray
and Buddy Ebsen. That same
year he signed a contract with
Universal Studios for the lead role
as the gruff but lovable skipper
Lieutenant Commander Quinton
McHale in what began as a serious one-hour 1962 episode called
Seven Against the Sea for Alcoa
Premiere, and later reworked to a
comedy called
Borgnine married five times.
His first wife was Rhoda Kemins
(1949–1958), whom he met while
serving in the Navy. They had
one daughter, Nancee (born May
28, 1952). Then he married actress Katy Jurado (1959–1963).
Borgnine's marriage to singer
Ethel Merman (1964) lasted 38
days. Their divorce was finalized
on May 25, 1965. The actor Frank
Wilson who co-starred with
Borgnine in the film Season Of
Passion related the following tale:
"Ernest told me he and Ethel
fought like cats and dogs and she
had a rapier like wit. He said :
"One day she came off the set of
a film and said- 'the director said
today I looked sensational. He
said I had the face of a 20 year
old, and the body and legs of a 30
year old' !" I said : "did he say
anything about your old
c**t ?"."No" replied Ethel, "he
didn't mention you at all". He then
married Donna Rancourt (1965–
1972), with whom he had a son,
Cristopher (born August 9, 1969)
and two daughters, Sharon (born
August 5, 1965) and Diana (born
December 29, 1970). His fifth and
last marriage was to Tova
Traesnaes, which lasted from
February 24, 1973 until his death.
He has a sister, Evelyn Velardi
(born 1926). His mother, Anna
Borgnine, died in 1949, of tuberculosis, just days before his first
wedding.
Borgnine died of renal failure
on July 8, 2012, at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles.
His wife and children were at his
side. He was 95 years old. Attenders at his funeral included
several members of the United
States Navy SEALs, as well as
Tim Conway, Scott Eastwood,
Leonard Nimoy, Dylan McDermott, Gary Sinise, Joan Rivers,
Joe Mantegna, Marlee Matlin,
LeVar Burton, Rob Lowe, James
Corden, Jenny McCarthy, Flea,
Bruce Campbell, and Roger Ebert
His remains were later cremated.
Not only was his death saddened
by adults, but also by children and
teens as well, due to his long-time
role on SpongeBob SquarePants.
For his contribution to the motion
picture industry, Ernest Borgnine
received a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame at 6324 Hollywood
Blvd. In 1996, he was inducted
into the Western Performers Hall
of Fame at the National Cowboy
& Western Heritage Museum in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
He was honored with the Screen
Actors Guild Life Achievement
Award at the 17th annual SAG
Awards, held January 30, 2011.
Ernest Borgnine was
an American film and
television actor
whose career
spanned more than
six decades. He was
an unconventional
lead in many films of
the 1950s, winning
an Oscar in 1955 for
Marty.
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2012 MEMBERS BBQ/POOL PARTY
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2012 Members BBQ/Pool Party
We would like to thank Vinnie Nardone and his committee for an outstanding job on this
year’s IAPSNJ Pool Party & Picnic. It was a lot of work by the committee over two days
which resulted in a successful event. The food was excellent and Chef Gino's menu of
burgers, franks, sausage and pepper sandwiches, steaks, ribs, clams and shrimp ka bobs
left everyone full and happy. Many thanks to Vinnie Nardone, Pete Serrone, Nick Incanella,
Tony Magnotta, Chef Gino, Fire Chief Pete and John Marcelli. Thanks to Rose & Tim
Minoughan for the activities for the children and pie eating contest. Thanks to Joe Simonetti for selling the shirts and society merchandise. Thanks for our friends at Gargiulio &
Sons Produce Company for their generosity!
MANOR PARK SWIM
CLUB
WESTFIELD, NJ
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 4, 2012
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BIRTH
CONGRATULATIONS
To N.J. Transit Officer
Frank Carmen Iurato III
and his wife Lisa on the birth
of
Frank Carmen Iurato, IV
Born on the Fourth of July at
6:11 am. 6 lbs, 6 oz. and 19
inches long. They are all
doing well.
Jays Italian-American
Cheeseburgers
Ingredients
1 ½ pounds lean ground beef
1 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (4 ounces)
1/3cup snipped dried oil-pack tomatoes
1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
6 sourdough rolls, split and toasted
Sliced red onions
Sliced tomatoes
Directions
1. Combine beef, 3/4 cup of the Gorgonzola cheese,
all but 1 tablespoon of the snipped dried tomatoes,
the thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper in a large mixing
bowl. Shape mixture into 6 patties 3/4 inch thick.
2. Place burger patties on the lightly oiled rack of an
uncovered grill directly over medium heat. Grill for
14 to 18 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in centers registers 160 degree F, turning burgers once halfway through grilling.
3. Remove burgers from grill. Top with remaining
Gorgonzola and snipped dried tomatoes. Serve on
toasted sourdough rolls with sliced red onions and
tomatoes. Serve with Chilled Melon Refresher, if
desired. Makes 6 burgers.
Philly Police Honors the
Memory of Lieutenant Daniel
Placentra
Lieutenant Daniel W. Placentra
passed away on May 27, 2012. He
served as a Philadelphia Police Officer
for 54 years (1951-2005). He lived by
the mantra he wore with pride, “Protect
and Serve.” His greatest passion was
serving and protecting others as a police
officer. Lieutenant Placentra was the
longest serving active duty police officer
in the Philadelphia Police Department’s
history and also one of the longest serving police officers in the Unites States.
Daniel joined the Philadelphia Police
Department in 1951 and served at the rank of police officer until
1967 when he was promoted to sergeant. Daniel was then promoted
to Lieutenant in 1976 and served as the original “Lieutenant Dan” for
30 years, until his retirement in 2005.
Daniel enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943, he was a Private First
Class int he 328th Infantry Regiment 26th Division of the U.S. Army.
He landed on the beaches of Normandy and fought his way across
France and Germany. He was awarded four Bronze Stars for Valor
and also was awarded a WWII Victory Medal. Daniel returned home
in December of 1945, after serving his country for two years.
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POLISH AMERICAN POLICE ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY
The PolisSh American Police Association of NJ, founded on June 6, 2012 held their inaugural
meeting/dinner on September 21, 2012. We at the IAPSNJ would like to wish them the best of luck
and success in their new organization. For more information on the PAPANJ go to
http://www.papaofnj.org/
The Polish American Police Association of New Jersey is a nonprofit organization
comprised of active and retired Law Enforcement officials and other members. The
purpose of this association is to promote the welfare and image of Polish-American
law enforcement officials and to render assistance and support to the New Jersey
Polish-American Community through educational, social, and benevolent activities.
Thank you for your interest Sto Lat!!! The Polish American Police Association of New
Jersey is a nonprofit organization comprised of active and retired Law Enforcement
officials and other members. The purpose of this association is to promote the welfare and image
of Polish-American law enforcement officials and to render assistance and support to the New Jersey Polish-American Community through educational, social, and benevolent activities.
Condolences
To IAPSNJ Trustee and Millburn Officer
Anthony Magnotta
On the loss of his father
Carmine J. Magnotta, 84
this past September. Ours most sincere condolences go out
to Anthony and the entire Magnotta family on their loss.
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MEMBER NEWS
Get Well
Gerard
Esposito
who underwent
some recent
surgery. We
are glad to
hear that Gerard is doing well
and back to performing.
Recently awarded the DRE ( drug
recognition expert) award of
emeritus Issued by the IACP DRE
section were retired DRE Officers
who have served with the highest of integrity for life long
achievement in impaired driving
enforcement and education.
Joseph Marcantonio had the honor
of being among the first of two
Officers from NJ to receive the
award in the twenty years of the
DRE program in the state of NJ.
Above: Retired Mt. Olive Officer
Joseph Abrusci ( NJ state DRE
association president) is presenting the award to Joe Marcantonio
(left) at the national conference in
Seattle, Washington.
Congratulations to Morris
County Sheriff’s Officer
Drew Santucci
who retired on September
1st. We wish you the best
of luck and success in all
your future endeavors.
Drew will also be missed
by the U.S. Marshall’s
Service where he’s been a
valuable part of their team
for the past few years.
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CONDOLENCES
We are saddened to inform you of
the passing of
Our most sincere
condolences on the
passing of
Agnes J. Fusco
on July 9th, 2012, beloved wife of
member Joseph Fusco
Our condolences to out to Joe and
the entire Fusco family.
Condolences to Orange Officer Chris Dottino on the
loss of his 93 year old grandmother, Edie, this past August 21st.
Andrew
(Andy Dee)
Davlouros,
age 75, Father in Law of IAPSNJ
Director Vincent Nardone and father
of Helen Nardone, who passed away
this past August.
Our sympathy to Vinny, Helen and the
entire Nardone family on their loss.
MEMBER NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS
Orange
Officer
Christopher
Dottino
Congratulations to Parsippany Captain, Jeff Storms, on
his promotion on July 17, 2012..
In photo: (L-R) Former Parsippany Chief Mike
Fillipello, Captain Jeff Storms and Parsippany
Police Chief Anthony DeZenzo.
on his
Graduation
from the Essex
County
College Police
Academy on
August 2nd.
We wish Chris a safe, rewarding
and successful career.
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MADISON NAMES NEW ACTING CHIEF
JERRY MANTONE
On August 13, 2012 the Madison Borough Council approved the
appointment of Lieutenant Jerry Mantone as acting Chief of Police
effective through Feb. 1, 2013. Mantone will replace John Trevena,
who retired as the borough’s police chief effective Aug. 1. Trevena’s
terminal leave will end Feb. 1, 2013.
Congratulations Chief Mantone on your well deserved promotion.
We wish you the best of luck and success in your new challenge.
We are proud to report that Chief Mantone is a long standing
member of the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey.
FEEL BETTER SOON
TO
ORANGE P.D. OFFICER
CHRIS DOTTINO
Chris is recovering from
surgery to repair a badly
broken arm following a
bicycling accident this past
September.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Congratulations Tom and Lauren Armenti
Saturday, August 18, 2012
“It's too bad that
stupidity isn't painful.”
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IAPSNJ F AMILY GOLD COURTESY CARDS
A VA I L A B L E O N O U R
WEB SITE
Either, or both,
cards can be
purchased
directly from
our web site at
a very reasonable price.
Check it out!
Go to the ‘site
map’ and look
for Gold
Courtesy Cards
to order and to
find frequently
asked
questions.
Interested in
joining the
International
Police
Association
(IPA)
Newark
Region 48
Contact
Joe
Simonetti
[email protected]
(973) 981-8929
SPEEDY RECOVERY
On July 6, 2012 IAPSNJ 3rd Vice President
Al Imperiale
underwent emergency cardiac catheterization for 4 blocked arteries. He had two
stents put in and is doing very well.
We all wish Al the best, and knowing Al, we
expect to see him back in full form by the
time this issue reaches your mailboxes.
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Bayonne Swears in New Chief
Ralph Scianni
Jersey Journal
Sept. 6, 2012
Ralph Scianni, the acting chief of the Bayonne
police department since the
retirement of former chief
Robert Kubert in late May,
was sworn in as the new
chief of police on September 6, 2012
“Chief Scianni has had
an outstanding police career. He has thirty-two
years of experience, and
has handled a great variety
of police cases and public
In Photo (L = R) : Presenting IAPSNJ Proclamation to Chief
safety issues since 1980,"
Scianni at his swearing in.
said Bayonne Mayor Mark
A. Smith in a statement.
"The Police Department
Director Rocco Miscia, IAPSNJ 3rd VP Al Imperiale, Chief
and the entire community
Ralph Scianni and IAPSNJ President William Schievella.
will benefit from his
knowledge, experience,
and leadership.”
completing his training at the
trol and the Traffic Division.
Scianni, 58, is a lifelong BaNew Jersey State Police AcadHe has been awarded two
yonne resident on September
emy in Sea Girt.
Commendations, ten Excellent
6th will mark the 33rd year
An
experienced
officer,
SciPolice Service Awards, four
since he began his service with
anni has served in the UniUnit Citations, and various oththe Bayonne police force.
formed Patrol Division, Narcot- er accolades for his service.
A graduate of Bayonne
ics Division, the Detectives BuHigh School in 1972, Scianni
reau, and the Community Oriwent on to earn a Bachelor of
ented Policing Unit before he
Science degree in Business
We are proud that Chief
was promoted to Sergeant on
Management and Organization
Scianni
has been a member of
May 31, 1989.
at St. Peter's College in 1977.
the IAPSNJ for many years.
Since then Scianni has
In 2002, he earned a Master of
We would like to wish him the
moved up the ranks becoming
Arts degree in Human Rebest of luck and success in his
sources and Training Develop- Lieutenant in 1994, Captain in new position and are confident
ment from Seton Hall Universi- 1997, and Deputy Chief in
he will meet with great success
ty, graduating with a 4.0 GPA. 2005 where among his respon- in this and all his future
sibilities was included the suendeavors.
He joined the department
pervision of the Uniformed Paon September 6, 1980 after
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MAE WEST HAD A SECRET ITALIAN-AMERICAN
HUSBAND
Guido Deiro
When they met in 1913, he was a vaudeville headliner, an accordionist and a composer who recorded for the Columbia label, a
star who earned $600 a week. She was a
hopeful 19-year-old, a singing comedienne,
who opened for larger acts. They fell in love,
married, and toured vaudeville together.
There is an untold story of Guido Deiro
(1886-1950), born in Salto Canavese, Italy,
and Mae West (1893-1980), born in Brooklyn, NY, who became his second wife and,
eventually, a star on Broadway and in Hollywood motion pictures. For one thing there
was kept a secret by Mae West.
Why did Mae insist that her marriage to Guido be kept secret? Two reasons come to mind: 1. Her parents
would not allow her to get married as they knew it would ruin her career, and 2. She was already married. While
on tour in Milwaukee on April 11, 1911, Mae had married her vaudeville partner, Frank Wallace, due to the
pleading of Wallace and the urging of Etta Wood, an older cast member on her show bill. Wood insisted to the
seventeen-year-old Mae that her promiscuity would get her in trouble and she should get married and play it
safe. She said, "Listen, Mae, with all these men tomcatting around, sooner or later something's going to happen to you. Marry Wallace and be respectable."
Mae agreed to marry Wallace only a few hours before the ceremony. Mae may have feared she was pregnant. At the court house she discovered that she legally couldn't get married, as she was under the minimum
age in Wisconsin. She got around that hurdle by lying about her age to the justice of the peace, claiming to be
18. Mae always regretted the decision and made Wallace solemnly promise that he would never reveal their
marriage to anyone. She was especially afraid that her parents might find out.
Wallace never lived with Mae and she left him completely after a few months. Mae wrote, "I was sorry for Wallace that I wasn't in love with him. I did not want the marriage to last. . . He went out of my life, except for a legal echo, years later." In 1942 Wallace returned to haunt Mae with a divorce settlement and was awarded a
considerable part of her fortune.
Mae's secret marriage to Wallace was probably the reason Mae married Guido Deiro under an assumed
name -- Catherine Mae Belle West. (The Deiro Archives at CUNY contain a photocopy of the divorce decree; the
marriage certificate we expect will be discovered at a future date.) To protect herself from embarrassing charges of bigamy, Mae consistently denied her marriage to Guido and did not mention his name once in the ten
pages from her autobiography devoted to their romance, referring to him simply as "Mr. D." The divorce decree
begs the question: why would Mae need to officially divorce Guido if they were never legally married?
Guido, on the other hand, always maintained until his death that he married Mae West, a statement which we
accept without reservation.
Both Guido and Mae were known to marry often and impetuously. From 1913 to 1916 Mae and Guido were
under pressure to maintain appearances and stay out of trouble, as at that time living in cohabitation without
being married was not only a public outrage, but against the law in most jurisdictions. Watts and Eells/
Musgrove concluded that this is what caused Mae to marry Wallace, her first husband, and Guido to marry his
first wife, Tatro. To be frank, it would have been easy, with the lack of easy access to public records in those
days, for both of them to have been bigamists.
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MEETING NOTES AND PICS
September 12, 2012
Shore Casino, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
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Safety Equipment Program
One of the many charitable ventures of the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey,
in conjunction with our New Jersey Police Officers Foundation fund raising campaign, is our
Safety Equipment give-away. This is a
presentation of a package of police safety / life saving equipment to members of
our organization who
are full time police officers, and
whose dues are current. We will average approximately 10 winners
per year. All that is needed is
for a member to fill
out an entry form which can be
found on our web
site. Then an entry is selected
randomly, about
once a month, for presentation
to the winner at a
general meeting. Criteria is
membership in good
standing, and attendance for receiving the package.
Over the last several years since
the start of this important program we were honored to have given
out over 60 ballistic vests to police officers who were not provided one by their respective departments. We are happy to say that most officers are now provided vest by their departments. We
have therefore changed our program to provide these Equipment Packages from this point on.
GOOD LUCK AND STAY SAFE!!!
‘Blue Mass’ In Newark Honors Fallen Law
Enforcement Officers
The Annual Blue Mass will be
held on November 8, 2012, at
10:00am sharp, The Blue
Mass will be held at the
Cathedral Basilica Scared
Heart, located on Clifton Avenue in Newark. A luncheon
will follow after the Mass,
tickets are 20.00 dollars a
piece and can be purchased
at the door. Questions
contact Director Vincent
Nardone at
[email protected].
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M O R E P H O T O S F R O M N I G H T U N D E R T H E S TA R S
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First responders barred from photographing victims under New Jersey law
Published: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 6:30 AM
By Kathryn Brenzel | The Express-TimesThe Express-Times
Pictures of a dead Ocean County woman surfaced on Facebook before her family was notified that she'd been killed in a car
wreck.
Three years later, a new law redefining the rights of first responders prevents those closest to emergencies from sharing pictures of victims.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earlier this month signed intolaw legislation that prohibits first responders from snapping and
sharing victims' pictures without explicit permission. The bill was inspired by pictures taken by emergency personnel that responded to Cathy Bates, who died in a car wreck in Barnegat Township in 2009.
The law criminalizes, in certain situations, an impulse felt by many: to share everything, instantly. Those who violate the law
face a disorderly person's offense, which could mean up to six months in prison.
Some local first responders think the law makes an important distinction. Chad Newsome, public information officer for the Clinton Township First Aid and Rescue Squad, said that a first responder's primary concern should be the emergency at hand, not
staging ego-boosting Facebook photos.
"It's counterintuitive and stupid," Newsome said. "The first responder's duty is to safety and preservation of life. You can't just sit
there and take pictures."
Newsome doesn't anticipate the law affecting his squad, with the exception of a "gray area" regarding pictures of wrecks once a
victim is removed. He said the squad is consulting an attorney to make sure pictures taken for educational purposes and posted on
the squad's website are compliant with the law.
Senator: training photos OK
Many fire, rescue and first aid squads throughout the state, including Warren and Hunterdon counties, post pictures on Facebook and their websites, often depicting squads in action.
One of the bill's sponsors, Sen. Christopher "Kip" Bateman, R-Hunterdon, said the law allows first responders to take pictures
for training or in the course of investigations.
First responders are only barred from taking pictures of the victim, he said. In these cases, victims or their families must give
consent for the pictures to be distributed.
He said it's surprising that legislation was needed to make it clear that sharing pictures of a victim was in poor taste.
" It's common sense," Bateman said. "You would think that individuals would know not to do that."
The law doesn't address members of the public taking pictures of victims. Bateman said it'd be impossible to control how everyone uses available technology. The law is about degrees of access, and first responders are the first to see a victim and therefore
privy to information unavailable to most, he said.
Hackettstown police Detective Darren Tynan said he hasn't personally encountered first responders taking victim pictures for
anything other than use in a criminal investigation, though he said he is aware that it is a problem elsewhere. He said that burgeoning share-technology has led to another issue: passersby-turned-photographers.
He said the pictures that sprout up on the Internet can interfere with criminal investigations.
"I'm surprised that (the law) didn't encompass bystanders," he said. "With everybody having cell phones, it'll end up on Facebook."
'If it's your own family'
The media might consider the law a slippery slope, but New Jersey Press Association Executive Director George White said the
NJPA didn't oppose the law because it specifically pertained to first responders.
The law defines first responders as "a law enforcement officer, paid or volunteer firefighter, or other paid or volunteer person"
certified to provide medical assistance.
"As written, the bill seemed reasonable to the NJPA," he said.
Newsome said that his Clinton squad's policies have evolved with privacy regulations imposed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPPAA.
Newsome said he remembers a time when the squad's log contained information about the victim and was easily accessible.
The squad now doesn't release victim names or specifics about the situation and waits to take pictures until after assistance has
been administered.
He encouraged a conscience litmus test when deciding whether or not to post a picture.
"If it's your own family, would you want this online?" Newsome said. "And the resounding answer is, 'No.'"
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COLUMBUS DAY SCHEDULE
2012 Columbus Day Parade Briefing
2012 IAPSNJ Columbus Day Parade Queen
Miss Catherine Nardone
2012 Honorary Parade Grand Marshal
Chief Christopher Trucillo
NJ Transit Police
Sunday, October 7th Morris County Columbus Day Parade
Marchers and police vehicles should assemble at the East Hanover Fire Department
at Ridgedale Ave. & De Forest St. at 1:30PM in department uniform or business
attire.
Monday, October 8th
NYC Columbus Day Parade
Marchers and police vehicles should meet at the Port Authority Police Administration
Bldg at 500 Boulevard East, Weehawken, NJ at 9am in department uniform or
business attire. Breakfast will be served and personal cars can be parked at the
PAPD until we return. Car pooling is urged as parking is limited at the tunnel.
Family members are more than welcome to march with us dressed in smart attire.
No sweats of jeans please as the parade is shown live in WNBC Channel 4 NYC
After the parade we will be going to La Reggia Restaurant in Secaucus for a
Columbus Day Luncheon. It is a nice opportunity to share a meal together to
celebrate the holiday. As always our friends at La Reggia will prepare a delicious
feast for a nominal price.
(DEPENDING ON MAIL DELIVERY SCHEDULES YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE THIS
PRIOR TO THE PARADE….WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT REMEMBER THIS
AND ALL INFORMATION ON OUR EVENTS, MEETINGS, ETC. IS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE BY VISITING ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.IAPSNJ.ORG.)
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2012 Holiday Party
December 1,
2012
7:00pm to
11:00pm
La Reggia Restaurant
40 Wood avenue
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Tickets $65
For Tickets contact Al Imperiale:
1-800-IAPSNJ-1 or (973) 285-6371
AAIØØ[email protected]
Or Dan Sollitti (201) 394-8396 [email protected]
5 Hour Open Bar, Full Buffet,
Cocktail Hour Meat Carving Station,
Dessert and International Coffees
Remember, you can always view this
Magazine in full color with active links by
visiting our site at www.iapsnj.org.
Italian American Police Society
Of New Jersey
P.O. Box 352
Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071
We’re on the
Web!
www.iapsnj.org
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