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Trenton
– Attorney General Stuart Rabner today
announced an eight-member independent panel
to study the practices of the State Police
Executive Protection Unit. The panel is
charged with developing guidelines concerning
the operation of the unit.
Rabner
selected people with experience in government,
law enforcement and the private sector for
the panel. “The goal of the panel
is to develop a set of practical guidelines
that will enable members of the State Police
Executive Protection Unit to carry out their
duties,’’ Rabner said.
The
independent advisory group will review the
operations of the Executive Protection Unit
and offer guidance in a variety of areas
including training, equipment, speed and
emergency protocols.
Former
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and former New
Jersey Attorney General John Degnan, who
is the vice chairman and chief administrative
officer of the Chubb Corporation, will be
co-chairs of the new panel.
Other
members of the panel are:
- Steven
H. Carey, vice president of security at
the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation,
and a former special agent in charge of
the New York office of the U.S. Secret
Service.
- Former U.S. Attorney
Jonathan Goldstein, a partner in Hellring,
Lindeman, Goldstein & Siegal.
- Former State Senator
William Gormley, a partner at DLA Piper.
- William Megary, a former
special agent in charge of the FBI office
in Newark who is now the director of corporate
security at Penske Corporation.
- Carlos Ortiz, vice president
and general counsel of Goya Foods.
- Former New Jersey Bar
Association President Karol Corbin Walker,
a partner at Seiden Wayne.
“I
am very grateful that these thoughtful leaders
are willing to offer their time and expertise
on this important matter,’’
Rabner said.
The
group is expected to hold its first meeting
shortly, and the Attorney General said he
hopes it will issue a report and recommendations
within two months.
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