RELEASE: February 13 , 2004

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Note those graduates and special award winners, listed by county below...

Acting Commissioner Davy welcomes new Human Service Police

Acting Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner James M. Davy welcomed twenty (20) new Human Services Police who graduated with the 92nd Basic Police Recruit Class of the Trenton Police Academy, at a morning ceremony today at the Trenton War Memorial. The graduate class was ushered into and out of the ceremony by the Somerset County Pipes and Drums before a standing room only crowd of friends and family members, and DHS employees.

“We welcome you as an integral part of our Department as we move forward to enact the new Child Welfare Reform Plan, which will help us enhance the safety and security of children, families, our DYFS workers, and DHS facilities across the state,” said Davy. This class of graduates allows the Department to fill the six slots needed to complete the year’s goal of 32 new Human Services officers funded by Governor McGreevey’s 2004 budget, as well as fills positions caused naturally by attrition.

DHS dignitaries accompanying Davy included Donald Haynes, Deputy Director of Public Safety, DHS Office of Program Compliance and Public Safety; Glenn Garbarino, Captain of the Human Services Police, and Lisa Alexander-Taylor, from the Office of Program Compliance and Public Safety. Other distinguished guests included Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr., Trenton Police Director Joseph J. Santiago, and Trenton Police Academy Commander Captain Joseph M. Dolina, who handed out special awards.

Human Services Police receiving special awards were William Lovas, III of North Brunswick – Firearms Award; Joel Blake of Blackwood – Physical Training Award; James Jackson of Toms River – Vehicle Operator Award; and Frank Scarpa of West Paterson – Academic Excellence Award.

The new Department of Human Services Police, by county, are:
• Jodi Ackerman of Atlantic City - Atlantic County
• John Fano of River Vale and Steven Lemanowicz of North Arlington – Bergen County
• Joel Blake, Blackwood – Camden County
• Benjamin Estrada and Martin Gutierrez, both of Belleville – Essex County
• Scott Mickalich of Williamstown – Gloucester County
• Natisha Etheridge of West New York, Edward Mari of Bayonne, and Donald Wilson, Jr. of Kearny – Hudson County
• Thomas H. Brown of Trenton – Mercer County
• Alan Barboiu of Metuchen, Jose Curbelo of Old Bridge, and Joseph Dell Beni and William Lovas III, both of North Brunswick– Middlesex County
• James Jackson of Toms River – Ocean County
• Iris Reyes of Paterson and Frank Scarpa of West Paterson – Passaic County
• Theodore Schnetzer of Stanhope – Sussex County

Besides Department of Human Services Police, the graduates also represented the Trenton Police and Hamilton Township Police Departments and the Mercer County and Hunterdon County Sheriff’s Departments.

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