New Police Officers Join NMPD
Losing almost one-third of its force to retirements and departures, NMPD begins the process of rebuilding its ranks.
Officers Bryan Mone and Michael Lafrano joined the New Milford Police Department Monday in the department's first step in replenishing the ranks depleted by retirements and departures over the course of the past five years. Both Mone and Lafrano are certified by the New Jersey Police Training Commission and do not have to attend the Bergen County Police Academy.
Since 2007, the department has experienced the loss of seven officers, the majority of whom had served in supervisory positions.
The Mayor and Council recently filled six Lieutenants slots and six Sergeant slots in order to rebuild and stabilize the command structure before bringing new officers into the organization.
Mone graduated from the Bergen County Police Academy under the Alternate Route program in December, 2008, and has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Manhattan College. He was initially hired by New Jersey Transit Police in March 2011 where he was employed until accepting the position in New Milford. Prior to that he worked as a dispatcher for the Closter Police Dept.
Lafrano graduated from the Atlantic County Police Academy also under the Alternate Route Program in October, 2009, and has a Bachelor of Science Degree from John Jay College where he graduated Cum Laude. He has worked as a dispatcher for both the Closter Police Dept. and the Bergen County Police Dept.
Mone and Lafrano will be officially sworn in on October 22 at the Mayor and Council meeting and have begun a three month orientation period with a training officer. Both will serve a one year probationary period.
Both officers are Bergen County residents.
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smiley
1:24 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Were these jobs advertised in the Patch? I don't recall seeing anything pertaining to any hiring in New Milford. Is there some way that the taxpayer-funded jobs - police, boro, teaching, BOE - be advertised thru the Patch? I'm sure this would be of great interest to our neighbors.
Ann Piccirillo
4:09 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Chief's request to hire additional officers has been reported by Patch beginning May 2011. Subsequent requests, as well as the July 2012 approval by the Mayor and Council to hire two officers, have also been reported by Patch.
smiley
4:42 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Once all the promotins were made, it was obvious that new men would be hired. I just don't recall seeing an advertisement or anything to indicate that applications for these positions were being accepted. It seems that all notifications for any of these jobs are received after the fact. The taxpayers should be aware of taxpayer-funded positions that may be availale. The Patch could provide a valuable service by alerting all concerned about the procedure to be followed to vie for one of the available slots whether it be with the Boro, the BOE, or the Police. People with whom I have spoken all feel that there will be several more police hires in the very near future and there is some turnover in the other areas..
Martha
4:51 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Patch does an excellent job of informing the residents of practically everything happening in town; however, it only reaches on-line customers. I guess that your question concerning announcing/advertising the job openings should be asked of the Mayor & Council.
Ann Piccirillo
6:41 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Just to clarify, Chief Papapietro stated that he was looking for a very specific core of candidates when requesting approval to hire from the Mayor and Council. He was looking for people who already had "Police Training Commission (PTC)" certification and in his search contacted the academies in NJ that supported this program.
PTC certification is an "Alternate Route" police training program designed to give individuals interested in becoming police officers the opportunity to attend a certified police training academy, at their own expense, prior to being hired by a police, sheriff's or campus department.
Although successful completion of the program does not guarantee a position in law enforcement, graduates will have received training from a certified police academy and are able to pursue employment as a certified police officer as long as their certificate remains valid.
The cost of attending a PTC certification program is entirely shouldered by the individual, unlike new police recruits the town hires and pays (in salary, benefits and the cost of academy uniforms) as soon as the recruit begins their period of training at the academy.
smiley
7:20 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
I guess vaious taxpayer-funded hirings in all areas could be easily advertised in the Patch in the Jobs section under More Stuff. This would be a good start and when people find out about this, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if lots of people join. This would be a lot more efficient and practical than posting notices on out-of-the-way bulletin boards. I don't think too many people would object to this.
Ann Piccirillo
7:41 pm on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Patch is certainly open to posting jobs on-line. In fact, most private sector jobs are posted on-line only these days. I believe the borough website also posts when borough jobs become available.
smiley
11:31 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I had never seen any jobs posted on any of the vaious websites. The Boro website has not been updated since June 10, 2011. It would be of interest if you could identify the websites where you believe these taxpayer-funded jobs are posted