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Representing Acting Personnel Commissioner Marjorie A. Schwartz, Meyer-Shipp spoke at the 2004 Annual State Convention of the N.J.S. Conference of NAACP Branches, held September 24-26 in Cherry Hill. This year's conference theme was "The Race Is On."

Meyer-Shipp shared information regarding the services provided by the NJ Department of Personnel (DOP), which include job placement in State and local governments, as well as training and development programs available through DOP's Human Resource Development Institute (HRDI).

"The DOP wants all New Jerseyans to have equal opportunity to build public service careers that are meaningful and relevant in today's world, in a workplace that is free from intolerance and discrimination," declared Meyer-Shipp.

Joining Meyer-Shipp on the podium were Commissioner of Corrections Devon Brown, Assistant Commissioner of Labor JoAnn Hammill, and NAACP dignitaries.

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At a special dinner held on September 13, 2004, 26 former New Jersey law enforcement officers were recognized by the NJ Department of Personnel (DOP) for staffing the Cop-2-Cop Intervention Hotline. Cop-2-Cop, a partnership of the DOP and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is a 24-hour/7-day-a-week confidential crisis intervention hotline for New Jersey's law enforcement community and their family members. Established in 2000, Cop-2-Cop is the first program of its kind in the U.S. to be enacted by state law.

The theme of the dinner, held at the Iberia Peninsula Restaurant in Newark, was "Lessons learned from 9/11: Embrace Cultural Diversity." Senator Ronald L. Rice, District 28, and top law enforcement officials and representatives from statewide law enforcement organizations and the FBI were on hand with others to honor the volunteers…more