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Sunday, January 20, 2013

School Security, Police Promotions and More This Week in Local News

Last week's top news stories from Fort Lee.

Officials plan to meet again this week before Mayor Mark Sokolich calls a town hall meeting on school security. In the meantime, the mayor said the borough is moving forward with a plan to place two full-time SROs in Fort Lee schools. Eight new police officers sworn-in at Thursday's Mayor and Council meeting; nine promotions. Mark Sulcov, William Chiappane and Christopher Ipek took over the duties of Fort Lee Fire Chief, Deputy Chief and Battalion Chief, respectively, on Jan. 1 and will be officially sworn in on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. The local PBA-sponsored “Drive for the Jersey Shore” took place in November and garnered donations from as far away as Wales. Last year also brought most suicide attempts, report says. A heartfelt farewell to a …

Friday, January 18, 2013

Mayor and Council Authorize the Hiring of New Police Officers; Promotions

Eight new police officers sworn-in at Thursday's Mayor and Council meeting; nine promotions.

The Mayor and Council authorized the hiring of eight new police officers at their meeting Thursday night. Each new member was then sworn in so they could begin their training at the Police Academy in Mahwah Friday morning. The eight new hires are: Peter Chong, Andres Kim, Laki Pothos, David Tropea, Stephen Domenick, Zachary Joseph, Dillon Turner and John Gallo.  Along with the hires, there were nine police promotions: Lieutenants Robert Zevits, Stanley Zon and Thomas Ottina will be promoted to the rank of Captain. Sergeants Andrea Capolla, Leonard Cottrell and Kenneth Porrino will be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Officers Michael Pappachristou, Sean Peppard and James Lee will promoted to the rank of Sergeant. The Bergen County Pipe …

Rona

10:15 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The question is was the department overstaffed? The other thought is there are now twice as many retirees as employed. Unfortunately with the overly liberal rights & higher longevity. Officers can start a career in their mid twenties work 20-25 years and retire (and very many have). Then they can collect for another 20-30 years which is absurd.   more ›

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