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83 New
Troopers Graduate Academy & Receive
Assignments Across the State
140th and 141st New Jersey State Police Recruit Training
Classes
Complete Intensive 26-Week Training Program
Asbury Park - Attorney General Peter Harvey and State
Police Superintendent Colonel Joseph R. Fuentes today presented
badges to New Jersey's newest state troopers during graduation
ceremonies at the Sea Girt Training Facility.
"The State Police is a dynamic law enforcement organization,
a nationally respected organization, and an organization in
the midst of becoming even stronger through historic change,"
Attorney General Peter C. Harvey told the graduates. "The
demanding nature of State Police work-and the complexity of
the challenges involved for those who do it-calls for people
of strength, people of character, and people who are willing
to step up and assume the burden of leadership. Having successfully
completed your training, you new members of the State Police
family have shown that you possess the qualities needed to
answer the call."
According to Colonel Fuentes, the 38 troopers of the 140th
and 45 troopers of the 141st classes embarked on their training
more than a year ago with the filing of initial employment
applications.
"Today's police officers face tremendous scrutiny in an environment
in which threats to public safety come from many directions,"
Colonel Fuentes said. "These graduating troopers have been
selected and trained to perform their jobs constitutionally
with wisdom and compassion. We commend them for completing
their rigorous training, and we commit ourselves to supporting
them as they grow to become the best law enforcement officers
the region has to offer," he added.
According to Captain William Toms, commandant of the State
Police Training Academy, the training program has undergone
significant changes during the past several years. Changes
include a new recruit evaluation system designed to compliment
the adult-based learning methodology, wireless internet laptop
research, significantly smaller class size, use of firearms
simulation training scenarios and the implementation of a
recruit/recruit mentor program.
Also, the trooper recruits have been fully trained in the
use of police computer systems and each will utilize a portable
laptop computer from which police-related information can
be quickly and accurately obtained and police reports can
be entered directly into the revamped State Police data collection
systems.
The 140th and 141st classes were also challenged in the specific
areas of constitutional search and seizure with the implementation
of revised State Police guidelines and exhaustive classroom
and practical training scenarios involving the legal use of
search and seizure procedures. The recruits participated in
extensive training and role-playing exercises which focused
on responding to and handling domestic violence situations,
human dignity and human relations exercises, cultural diversity
and sensitivity training and the State Police initiative of
community policing and community relations. In the area involving
cultural diversity and minority instruction, the trooper recruits
received detailed instruction from experts outside of the
State Police, including representatives from ethnic, cultural,
community and professional organizations.
In commenting on the overall selection process for State
Police recruit training classes, Colonel Fuentes reported
that each applicant applying to the State Police is required
to have a minimum of 60 college credits plus two years of
work experience or, alternatively, a bachelor's degree.
Colonel Fuentes said that the probationary troopers will
be assigned to stations throughout the state and over the
next 11 weeks, the new troopers will begin their careers under
the watchful eye of their Trooper-Coaches and supervisors.
Here are some interesting facts about some of the recruits
of the 140th and 141st Classes: Of the following 83 new troopers,
twenty-three of them had prior law enforcement experience,
one recruit had a child and four became engaged during their
academy stay.
The graduates of the 140th State Police recruit training class include:
NAME |
CITY/TOWN |
COUNTY |
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ADDOTTA, Mark J. |
Brick |
Ocean |
ANTENUCCI, Jorge J. |
Deptford |
Gloucester |
BAMBARA, James J. |
Andover |
Sussex |
BARNETT, Mark S. |
Tabernacle |
Burlington |
BOCKBRADER, Nicholas R |
Hackettstown |
Warren |
BROWER, Claude K. |
Galloway |
Atlantic |
BUCHELL, Michael E. |
Wantage |
Sussex |
CAPPELLO, Dennis I. |
Saddle Brook |
Bergen |
CISLO, Tomasz M. |
Bayonne |
Hudson |
COYLE, Kevin J. |
Kearny |
Hudson |
CZECH, Jan P. |
Keyport |
Monmouth |
DAVIE, John E. |
West Long Branch |
Monmouth |
DEWECHTER, Adam J. |
Galloway |
Atlantic |
DIEHL, Shane J. |
Hawthorne |
Passaic |
DI RENZO, Laura C. |
Pine Hill |
Camden |
FAISST Jr., Charles J. |
Mays Landing |
Atlantic |
GIACONA, Mark A. |
Middletown |
Monmouth |
GRAEBER, Joshua A. |
Shamong |
Burlington |
GRASSO, Paul F. |
Jackson |
Ocean |
HAFF, Darius R. |
West Long Branch |
Monmouth |
HARPER, Brian S. |
Brick |
Ocean |
HUTCHINS, DaJuan R. |
Orange |
Essex |
HYSON, Craig M. |
Oak Ridge |
Morris |
KAPLAN, Adam J. |
South Plainfield |
Middlesex |
KARAS, Kelly M. |
Rahway |
Union |
KEMPINSKI, Stephen J. |
Phillipsburg |
Warren |
KUTEPOW, Adam M. |
Wildwood |
Cape May |
LIEBERUM, Randy J. |
Princeton |
Middlesex |
MALONEY, Marc D. |
Union |
Union |
MC PARTLIN, Michael R. |
Lakehurst |
Ocean |
MILLER, Michael A. |
Lake Hopatcong |
Morris |
NUBER, Robert A. |
Hopelawn |
Middlesex |
O’DEA, Dennis S. |
Brick |
Ocean |
PLUTA Jr., Robert S. |
Toms River |
Ocean |
SIRAKIDES, Kenneth J. |
Toms River |
Ocean |
TIGHE, Adam J. |
Brick |
Ocean |
WALZ, Matthew D. |
Williamstown |
Gloucester |
WOJCIK, Daniel B. |
Mount Tabor |
Morris |
The graduates of the 141st State Police recruit training class include:
NAME |
CITY/TOWN |
COUNTY |
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AN, Peter |
Ridgefield Park |
Bergen |
ANTENUCCI, Vincent |
Hamilton |
Mercer |
BAKA, Zsolti |
West New York |
Hudson |
BARATTA, Michael J. |
Sewell |
Gloucester |
BEYER, Brett W. |
Manchester |
Ocean |
BRITA, Edward A. |
Hammonton |
Atlantic |
BOWDEN, Charles L. |
Parlin |
Middlesex |
BROWN, Jared M. |
Old Bridge |
Middlesex |
CAPODICE, Andrew S. |
Roselle |
Union |
CASCIANO, Anthony C. |
Monmouth Junction |
Middlesex |
CHO, Nam K. |
Clifton |
Passaic |
CLAYTON, Christopher J. |
Toms River |
Ocean |
CORNWELL, Jason M. |
Union |
Union |
CRAMER, Jared M. |
Allamuchy |
Warren |
D’ANGELO, Donato |
Ramsey |
Bergen |
DELORENZO, Justin J. |
Hopatcong |
Sussex |
DIGEROLAMO IV, Rocco D. |
Hammonton |
Atlantic |
DOLAN, James G. |
Monroe Township |
Middlesex |
DUDZIC, Andrew S. |
Wallington |
Bergen |
GARCES, Cesar A. |
Randolph |
Morris |
GOMEZ, Emilio |
North Haledon |
Passaic |
GRAMICCIONI, Michael B. |
Stockton |
Hunterdon |
HOUSE, Sarah B. |
Egg Harbor |
Atlantic |
JENKINS, David T. |
Wayne |
Passaic |
JONES, Rodrick J. |
Marlton |
Burlington |
KREBS, Scott A. |
Howell |
Monmouth |
LASTRA Jr., John J. |
Bergenfield |
Bergen |
LOCCHETTO, Louis J. |
Sewell |
Gloucester |
MAC NEIR, Timothy R. |
Rio Grande |
Cape May |
MC COY, Craig F. |
Parlin |
Middlesex |
MILLER, Brian E. |
Totowa |
Passaic |
MORRELL, Georgina |
Voorhees |
Camden |
NAOMI, Daniel N. |
Andover |
Sussex |
PETERSEN, Russell S. |
Westfield |
Union |
RIBEIRO, Hugo F. |
Newark |
Essex |
ROBINSON, Lashawn R. |
Lumberton |
Burlington |
SALVATO, Christopher P. |
Clark |
Union |
SAND, Curtis A. |
Little Egg Harbor |
Ocean |
SCOTTI, Alfred |
Blackwood |
Camden |
SHARPLESS Jr., James M. |
Millville |
Cumberland |
THIEL, Jeffrey C. |
Andover |
Sussex |
VENTRELLA, Joseph R. |
Oakland |
Bergen |
VISAGGIO, Philip V. |
Jackson |
Middlesex |
VOID, Christopher E. |
Fort Lee |
Bergen |
WILLIAMS, Christopher S. |
Tenafly |
Bergen |
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