Plumer is named 2023 Police Officer of the Year

Steven Plumer’s family emigrated from County Cork, Ireland, in the late 1800s and settled in New York City. Plumer’s great-grandparents eventually moved to New Jersey in the 1970s. Plumer was born in Jersey City and was raised during his early childhood years in Bayonne. Plumer then moved on to Kearny, where he went to and graduated from Kearny High School. Plumer went on to attend NJIT, where he was a proud member of his fraternity TKE.

It was in 2006 that Plumer decided to join The New Jersey Army National Guard, in which he just retired from this in September 2022. During his time in the service, Plumer had completed two overseas deployments, one to Iraq and one to Somalia, as well as numerous stateside assignments for states of emergency. He is now living in Nutley and married to his wife, MaryKate, 2016 NIAA parade queen, and together they have their 1year-old son, Luca.

Plumer graduated from the Bergen County Police Academy in 2013 and went on to start his career in the East

Orange Police Department. He was a patrolman and later on a detective in the Narcotics/Violent Crimes Task Force. In 2018, Plumer made the change over to the Belleville Police Department to continue his career in law enforcement. Plumer was a proud representative on the executive board, as well as in the state delegate position in both East Orange and Belleville’s respective Policemen’s Benevolent Associations.

Plumer has always been proud of his Irish Heritage and has participated in the Nutley Saint Patrick’s Day parade for years. He is also a proud member of The VFW, Nutley Post; The American Legion; the Kearny-Belleville Elks Lodge; McGovern’s Association; The Essex County Police and Fire Emerald Society; and many others.

Plumer said he is honored to be selected as the 2023 Nutley Irish American Association Police Officer of the Year, representing his community as well as the Belleville Police Department. He said he would like to thank the NIAA for this opportunity as well as congratulate all of the other dignitaries for the 2023 parade season!