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MOHS Soccer Star Graduates Early, Begins Collegiate Career
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By Jaime Shabalina aya Vialva, an ambitious young soccer star from Mount Olive, has just started her first semester at La Salle University. She is only 17 years old, and is likely the first student that La Salle ever accepted that graduated high school early. This also makes her one of the less than 3% of high school students nationally that finish ahead of schedule. Her motivation was to pursue her talents in soccer. She wanted to play at a higher level and this meant college athletics. But graduating early took considerable time and preparation. She started a year ago. In addition to filling out paperwork and taking entrance exams, she enrolled in college classes at night on top of her high school workload and substantial training requirements. At the time, Vialva was on two different teams, playing for both Mount Olive and Princeton SA, the latter requiring four hours of driving to make practice and games. Vialva didn’t shy from the challenge. Motivated by the desire to join LaSalle’s spring soccer season she has no regrets. “It was a lot of hard work but I am definitely glad I did it.” Vialva further explains, “soccer drives me to work harder. I want to play almost every minute of the day and I
couldn’t do that while in high school.” Getting to La Salle was only the first step. Vialva began school on January 16th and already has a lot on her plate. During her first week, she was still finishing up her final course work for high school, in addition to taking on the demands of her new college courses. Even though she has finished her high school work, her daily schedule remains intense. She wakes early and has two hours of training in the morning, followed by classes, a second two hours of training, and then most weekdays, more classes after that. She often ends her day studying in the La Salle’s Athletes’ Study Hall or her dorm. She brushes off the idea that this can be overwhelming, explaining, “In high school, I had nine classes and day and here I only have five, so, it’s a bit easier.” One of the keys to juggling all of her commitments has been ensuring that the chaos of a hectic schedule doesn’t create anxiety or isolation. She explains, “You have to relax. If you are with the chaos and you are as chaotic, you will get stressed and feel alone…. If just go with the flow everything will come into place.” Vialva takes most things in stride. When asked if it was hard being new to college
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and younger than other students, she explains that it is a role she is used to and she enjoys it. Her success at soccer has often put her in the position of being the youngest team member, and she adapts well. She also receives support from her parents and teammates, and even at first, a little overprotection from concerned teachers and staff. But now, she is happy to be treated just like other freshman. Certainly, Vialva is not like many other freshmen. Her hard work and commitment foretells a bright future in soccer and in academics where she is already thinking ahead to a master’s degree.
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h e a t e r Dance Center is proud to announce that as of date, we have raised over $6500.00 for Fighting children’s Cancer Foundation. We thank the community our family and friends for their generous donations. Ticket sales and donations
dience with their new routines for the season. There is still time to donate, so please go
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Are You Poisoning Yourself?
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n today’s world there are poisons lurking around every corner. You may not realize it, but you could be slowly poisoning yourself every single day with skincare products, household cleaning products and even the foods you are eating. Unfortunately, most products on the market today do contain chemicals that are toxic to the body, so you need to stay informed. For example, research has shown that most of the chemicals used to preserve products or increase shelf life are Endocrine disruptors. Your endocrine system is what controls hormones and many of the body’s functions, so you don’t want anything to disrupt its natural flow. These added chemicals mimic hormones so your body cannot recognize them as foreign to get rid of them. This wreaks havoc on the endocrine system and the body in general. Among other things, these endocrine disruptors have been linked to cancer and reproductive issues. It is also a concern that these toxic chemicals can be stored in the body for years! So what can you do? Don’t panic, but clean up your life today! START READING LABELS on everything and stay informed! Chances are if you can’t pronounce an ingredient or don’t know what it is, it is most-likely toxic. Consume as many organic fruits and vegetables as possible. Follow “The Clean 15, Dirty Dozen” guidelines:
For the Clean 15, save your money and buy conventional because these fruits and veggies are known to have very low amounts of toxins. The Clean 15: Avocados, Sweet Corn, Pineapples, Cabbages, Onions, Sweet Peas, Papayas, Asparagus, Mangoes, Eggplants, Honeydews, Kiwis, Cantaloupes, Cauliflower and Broccoli. The Dirty dozen are the 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the highest amounts of harmful chemicals. Don’t risk eating these unless they are organic. The Dirty Dozen: Strawberries, Spinach, Nectarines, Apples, Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Grapes, Celery, Tomatoes, Sweet Bell Peppers and Potatoes. Wash all fruits and vegetables with an organic veggie wash to wash away surface chemicals. Easily make your own organic cleaning and skincare products or only buy products that do not contain harmful chemicals. Get Acupuncture! Acupuncture is a natural way to help your body detox from chemicals, balance your hormones and bring your body back to homeostasis. Schedule your appointment today at Mt. Olive Acupuncture & Wellness, 1 Old Wolfe Rd., Suite 208, Budd Lake, call 973-5277978 or visit www.mtoliveacupuncture.com.
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Bear Scouts Help Clean Up Sandshore Playground for them to keep in a safe convenient place for quick use. Next on their list to assist in completing their advancement is a visit to the MOPD where they will learn about how the department works and take a tour of the facilities. They
were able to get a mini tour of the MOPD jail in November when Pack 62 provided the officers with a full Thanksgiving Dinner. The Scouts will also learn the importance of our men and women in blue and have their fingerprints taken.
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ear Scouts from Pack 62, Sandshore School, are currently working on their Paws for Action advancement. They wanted to give back to the community and Sandshore School by
cleaning up around the playground area at their recent den meeting. During their meeting, the scouts also discussed emergency preparedness and prepared a list of emergency phone numbers
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Flanders Youth Collects Baseball and Softball Equipment for Those in Need
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eth Klein, 13 years old, of Flanders donated baseball and softball equipment to children in need. As part of his Bar Mitzvah, Seth had to choose a social action project called a mitzvah project. As a baseball player for Mount Olive and a fan of the game, Klein wanted his project to help fellow ballplayers. After researching charities online, he discovered Pitch in for Baseball (www.pifb.org), an organization that accepts donations of new and gently used baseball and softball equipment. They send these donations to children who want to play ball but don’t have the means to get the necessary equipment. Klein presented his project to the Mount Olive Baseball and Softball Association board who gave him permission to speak during the 2018 opening ceremonies. They also supported him by sending an email to all ball playing families in town. Klein also set up a Go Fund Me page to collect monetary donations. On January 26, Klein rode to the Pitch in for Baseball’s Pennsylvania office to drop off his collected donations. He was given a tour of the facilities and was able to learn more about how this organization helps ball players in need. Klein would like to thank all the families who helped him with this fabulous project.
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Mardi Gras Jazz Fundraiser for Hurricane Relief
by Elsie Walker Mardi Gras is usually associated with jazzy New Orleans; but on March 3rd , at 10:30am, the sounds of Mardi Gras will be closer to home. The Stanhope United Methodist Church in Netcong will be holding its 7th annual Mardi Gras fundraiser breakfast for hurricane relief. Funds raised will go help those in areas affected by the hurricanes that have hit the country in the past several years. The fundraiser, held in the church’s fellowship hall, will be a breakfast with live and recorded jazz music. A free-will offering will be taken. Prior to it, the Sunday service at 9:30am will feature live jazz music along with hymns and contemporary Christian songs. An offering will be taken for Hurricane Relief. All are
welcome to attend the breakfast and/or the service. Scott Lefurge, of Andover, explained how the event came to be and where the funds donated go. He is the president of the church’s United Methodist Men’s group which sponsors the yearly event. “After Hurricane Sandy, I came up with the idea of having an event to raise funds and awareness for local New Jersey Hurricane Relief efforts. I thought if we had an event like a pancake breakfast like people do on Fat Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, it might work well. We thought if we held it on a Sunday, we could have the pancake breakfast event in addition to our worship service. Since the event would occur on the Sunday before continued on page 9
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Hurricane Relief... continued from page 8 Mardi Gras, we would use that as our theme and the idea to add live jazz music was born. People really seem to love this event and come out to support it,” he said. While the event started as a response to Hurricane Sandy relief and continued as that for the first five years, the need has expanded, since Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence and Michael hit, affecting Puerto Rico and parts of the United States. “To help out with Hurricane Relief in a bigger way, last year we raised funds for UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee On Relief). We chose UMCOR as our charity because it is directly affiliated with the United Methodist Church and allows us to give the funds directly for Hurri-
cane Relief efforts,” explained Lefurge. All the funds raised go to Hurricane Relief. Of course, to have a jazz breakfast, you need food and music. The menu for the breakfast will include the traditional pancakes and sausage along with fresh fruit. Homemade waffles will also be served. Lefurge noted that the waffles have been a big hit with attendees since they were added to the menu a few years ago. As for the live music at the worship service and breakfast, this is an area in which Lefurge’s personal expertise comes into play in getting musicians. He is a saxophone player, Instrumental Music Teacher for Bedminster Township Schools, and has been involved with other musical projects. Through his
work, he has made different contacts. As a result, the musical offerings for the fundraiser have grown over the years. “When we began in 2013, we were happy to have a jazz trio and quartet performing. In 2017, we had a nine-piece jazz ensemble play at our worship service and several jazz soloists, duets, combos and ensembles perform at our breakfast. Last year, in 2018, God blessed us with a record number of 16 musicians for our jazz ensemble. This year, with God’s help, we hope we can exceed the number of jazz musicians performing with us. The live performances by the musicians really make this event memorable,” he said. He noted that in past years jazz musicians from Kutztown University, Bedminster Town-
ship School, Bernards High School, Lenape Valley Regional High School and within the Stanhope United Methodist Church have joined in making music. When asked about sharing some of the pieces people will be hearing, Lefurge said that there will be jazz renditions of “When the Saints Go Marching In” ” The Old Rugged Cross” , “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” along with his personal favorite, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” . Lefurge noted that since the first Jazz breakfast, $4000 has been raised towards Hurricane Relief efforts. He would love the event to raise $500 to $1000 this year. To sum it up, Lefurge said, “this is the event everyone will talk about and you won’t want to miss!”
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Pedal Karts Used to Promote Dangers of Drunk and Distracted Driving
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t Mount Olive High School, the Driver Theory program used “Drunk Buster Pedal Karts” to demonstrate many different types of driving. These karts were donated by MOMAC and we could not be happier. At several stations, students practiced driving, parallel parking, yielding, and using signals, at other stations the students compared safe driving to driving while intoxicated, or driving while texting. The students were able to observe how different things may change when a person is either intoxicated or distracted while driving. In addition to the pedal
karts, we invited the School Resource Officers as well as MOPD to come in and take the students through different sobriety tests. The students performed them sober as well as with the drunk goggles on. The connection the students and police officers made was incredible and we as teachers were so pleased to see them interacting with one another. We are so thankful of the MOMAC committee and are appreciative that they gave us an opportunity to make Driver’s theory more realistic for our students. The turnout was phenomenal and the students seemed to really enjoy themselves.
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Girl Scout Troop Hosts Bake Sale, Raises Funds to Improve Playground
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Mt. Olive Life Gives Back To The Community
Left to right: Debra Burke, Coldwell Banker; Janen Ardia, Remax Heritage; Council Vice President Alex Roman, DTA Auto; Mary Lalama, Publisher Mt. Olive Life; Mayor Rob Greenbaum, Council President Joe Nicastro; Publisher of Mt. Olive; Lt. Phillip Lucievero, Councilman Greg Stewart, Nexgen Managment; Chuck Aaron, Jersey Girl; Harry Brown, Mt. Olive Chamber President.
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Mount Olive Police Department’s Key Initiative is Fighting Crime, Building a Relationship with the Community
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Honor guard members are (from left to right), Sgt. Anthony, Ofc. Saunders, Ofc. Mullooly, Det. Guiles, Cpl Gumann.
By Steve Sears ount Olive Police Department (MOPD) Chief of Police Stephen Beecher lists, with pencil on pad, his daily want of accomplishments. He prepares his list the night before, and then reads it at his desk at Flanders Drakestown headquarters the next morning. “For me, it’s an exercise before I leave work,” Beecher says. “I’ll jot down in my notebook here with my pencil - which my guys bust me about because I still use a pencil.” He chuckles, then continues. “They’ll use their phones or computers, I’ll jot down with a pencil in my notebook what I want to do the next day. So that’s what I do; I’ll jot down things that I want to accomplish, things that we’re working on, some things
are things that need to be done immediately or short term, while other are long term goals that you need to check on, and I come in the following day and we see what happens. I come in and there might be an arrest in here, and there might be any number of things that might be going on.” Every day, for Beecher and the MOPD, is different. “It’s not boring, and that’s one of the reasons I love the job is that every day is different, you just never know what’s going to happen. I start my day like everyone else does, with an idea of what I want to get accomplished. But different things come into play in the course of the day that change that.” Beecher’s planning, as well as that of his
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Chief Stephen Beecher
Captain Michael Spitzer Operations Commander
Detective Lieutenant Sanchez
Det. Sgt. David Turner
Sgt. Michael Zarro
Det. Sgt. Anthony Annecchiarico
Sgt. Carl Mase
Sgt. Eric Anthony
Sgt. Paul Ottavinia
subordinates, bears much fruit. The MOPD, which consists of 50 officers, is accredited through the New Jersey State Chiefs of Police Association. The department was first acknowledged in 2013 and is now up for (and expected to be awarded) re-accreditation again in 2019. Accessors visited in November, and there were approximately 108 standards that were to be met. Policies and procedures have to comply, and proof must be shown that all departments are actually following those policies and procedures. The work entailed in accumulating information for accreditation is very arduous. “It’s a lot of work,” says Beecher. “Back in 2012, when we started putting
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this together, Captain (Mike) Spitzer was the accreditation manager, and Lieutenant Cordileone was his assistant, and in this most recent reaccreditation it was Lieutenant Cordileone who was the accreditation manager and Corporal Wurtemberg was his assistant. Preliminarily, we have been told we did very well, and that we passed. So, we’re pretty proud of that; that will be the second time we passed the accreditation.” Proud. An apropos word to describe the MOPD, the fine folks who guard all of Budd Lake and Flanders. Since 33,000 residents can’t visit the police department behind the scenes, Mount Olive Life transports the reader
Lt. Philip Lucivero Lt. Michael Cordileone Support Services Communications and Division Commander Records Commander
Sgt. Russ Hatzel
Sgt. Mark Carlstrom Assistant Patrol Commander
Corporal Cpl. Matthew Gumann Jessica Groblewski
inside police department headquarters to hear officers discuss their on-the-job challenges and what Mount Olive’s finest value most. One thing is and will always be certain. The Mount Olive Police Department cares about neighbors and citizens, and seeks to ensure the township is a great, safe place to live. The Mission Statement, as gleaned from the MOPD website, reads: “It is the mission of the Mount Olive Township Police Department to serve all persons within our community. Our service shall be rooted in professionalism, respect, courtesy, integrity, dignity and accountability. The members of the Mount Olive
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Cpl. Marianne Wurtemberg
Cpl. Michael Russell
Detective Corporal Eric Krouse
Corporal Thomas Cuff
Corporal Chad Rossy
Detective David Hering
Detective Constantinos Pagonis
Officer Kevin Barrier
Officer Anthony Gardner
Officer George Jadue
Officer Matthew Carlson
Officer William Galop
Officer Lonnie Elbaum
Officer Andrew Spotts
Officer Michael Carletta
Officer Christopher Saunders
Officer Mark Reynolds
Police Department are men and women of character and compassion. We value ethical behavior, competency, and a strong work ethic among our members. Our members are dedicated to providing the highest level of police services to the community. It is by our efforts that we seek to improve the quality of life in this community for all who live, visit or work here. We seek to provide a safe and pleasant environment for our residents, visitors and employees. We are firm in our conviction that all persons must receive fair and impartial treatment and service without regard for race, religion, gender, age or ethnic origin. We pledge to be unbiased while executing our duties; to perform our duty while
protecting the rights of all people; and to respect the lives of those we come into contact with while performing our duty. The men and women of the Mount Olive Police Department will maintain the highest standards in serving the community and will continually strive to improve our performance and ourselves. We shall diligently seek to improve safety and protect our citizens. We are charged with enforcing laws and regulations, seeking out wrongdoing and pursuing criminals, investigating and prosecuting crimes, enforcing traffic regulations and making our roadways safer, and aiding those who are lost or in distress. We seek to develop strong ties to our community as we together attempt to solve the problems as they occur.
Detective Hunter Guiles
We are proud to serve the Township of Mount Olive and the citizens who live and work here. “We firmly believe we can’t do our job well without the support of the community.” Beecher, who was hired as a patrol officer in 1987, and subsequently was promoted to Patrol Sergeant, Administrative Sergeant, Support Services Lieutenant, then was named Patrol Lieutenant, and then promoted to Captain prior to being named Chief of Police on August 1, 2016, is up front about camaraderie with the residents of Mount Olive. “We firmly believe we can’t do our job well without the support of the community. We need the support of the community if
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Officer James Carney
Officer Gina Inga
Officer Rick LaRicci
Officer Tyler Mullooly
Officer Matthew Koppinger
Officer Sean Smith
Officer Brian Braikovich
Officer Casey Grimm
Officer Carson Parrott
Officer Matthew Anderson
Officer Gregory Slinger
Officer Michael Sciscione
Officer Ryan Eastridge
School Resource Officer Scott Price
Class 3 Special Officer David Aber
Class 3 Special Officer Michael Mellifiore
Class 2 Special Police Officer Michael Pocquat
Administrative Assistant Darrell Hooper
we are going to have any effect on crime prevention efforts – and that’s our ultimate goal, right? Our ultimate goal is to prevent crime, not just respond to calls, take reports, and make arrests. Our goal is to prevent crime and have a quality of life here in Mount Olive that people enjoy. In order for us to do that we need the help of the community, so it’s about building relationships.” Mount Olive is 33 square miles. Coverage areas include vast portions of Routes 46, 80, and 206. The MOPD will also pitch in if needed outside these areas. “If someone calls for mutual aid,” says Beecher, “we’ll be there.” The primary responsibility, however, is the jurisdiction of Mount Olive. Beecher is from a generation where
technology pales in comparison to today. When he was hired, one computer sat in the patrol room which was available for use by everyone, but not much was done with it. “I remember our first cell phone; we had one cell phone, and the Patrol Sergeant got the cell phone, and it was like carrying a brief case. That was a big cell phone,” he laughs. “Now we’re up to these,” he says, pointing to his desk PC, “ and we’re told these have more computer power than the Apollo 13 did. It’s just incredible how technology has changed. So, we try to leverage the technologies to assist us in building relationships with the community.” The MOPD also has active Facebook and Twitter pages, the latter home to traffic detail and other tweets, the former displaying what the MOPD
does in and with doing with the community. “We have the L.E.A.D. program, which is Law Enforcement Against Drugs, that’s in every 5th grade class in the elementary schools, we have the Officer Phil program which we bring in the elementary schools, which talks about child safety and such. We also have a drop off for prescription drugs.” There is also a program where students are brought to the police department to apply education to real life, such as how math is used to show how speed is judged on the roadways, and students as well have viewed a video of a staged burglary and the students had to take a report about what happened, which uses both communication and writing. “It was very well received,” says Beecher regarding the latter. Beecher also lists
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Dispatcher/Clerk Emily Loughman
Dispatcher Stephen Mirsik
Dispatch/Clerk Karissa Sevensky
Dispatcher Lorena Papa
Dispatcher John Johannsen
Dispatcher Daniel Maio
Dispatcher Ryan Hammel
Dispatcher Kevin Zuckerman
Dispatcher Anthony La Manna
National Night Out, Coffee with a Cop (which is done at various locations) as other key ways of interacting with Mount Olive residents. The Mount Olive Police Department works with directed patrol list. “You want to send your cops where there are problems, so, if people have any issues, we encourage them to call us or email us and tell us what their issues are in town. For instance, there’s a business in town right now that has a lot of seasonal employees and there has been some reported drug use, and so we’ve been asked to swing through the parking lots there to make sure there’s no drug activity going on. We’ll have incidents of criminal mischief at certain locations in town, so we’ll have our officers patrol through there. We’ll have certain in-
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(Left to right), Sgt. Mase, Ofc. Galop, Ofc. Carletta, Ofc. Slinger, Ofc. Carney, DSgt. Turner, Sgt. Clymer, Sgt. Calrstrom.
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are to address them.” have a dedicated juvenile officer Staffing – a chief concern to do that full time. Now, I have A chief (pun intendtwo detectives that are the pried) concern for Beecher maries when it comes to doing is staffing. “Back in 2008, juvenile investigations, but they when the economy tanked, also do other investigations as not just Mount Olive but a well. So that’s one of the things lot of towns saw a decrease I’d like to have. Another thing with their staffing in their I’d like to do is expand our perpolice departments. So, we sonnel at the desk, our commuwere at 50 officers 10 years nication center. A lot of people, ago, and that’s where we’re in my humble opinion, don’t at presently. Our populaappreciate how mission critical tion has gone up, we conand how difficult and how imtinue to see growth, and portant the communications ofone of the things I’d like to Matthew McTaggart and the Graphix Spot donated autism patch ficer’s job is.” Video is streamed decals, which were proudly displayed on the patrol cars during do is have a dedicated juvein from Mount Olive High School the month of April. nile officer in the detective so if an issue occurs, dispatchers bureau. When I first started, we had a narcotics bureau and a can see it at the desk. There is also video from other parts of detective bureau, we had a juvenile officer in the detective bu- the town and inside police headquarters that dispatchers also reau, and then you had your detectives that did your general monitor. “ The dispatchers have to take 9-1-1 calls, and when detective work. That eroded down to just your detectives doing they take 9-1-1 calls, they’re not supposed to disconnect until an your general detective work, and I think it’s important to have officer gets there. And when we have critical incidents, our desk relationships with the schools, it’s important to be proactive in is just flooded with calls.” dealing with what kids are dealing with out there, and I’d like to Mount Olive is the spot where the unfortunate Paramus bus crash occurred, and such busy times requite additional personnel, which the MOPD has addressed. “I can tell you what we’ve done in Mount Olive, and former Chief Mark Spitzer initiated this. We have taken our clerical personnel and we have trained them as dispatchers. So, lots of times we’ll have one dispatcher up at the desk, so if something comes in that’s critical, our clerical staff will step up and fill in there. We have three workstations, and my goal is to have two, full-time dispatchers up there 24/7. Right now, we have four dispatchers, one of those is assigned to each squad, and each squad works 12-hour shifts, and then we have a flex dispatcher who will work from 11 in the morning to Can’t make it down to view our inventory? 11 at night. But after and before those times, there’s one We offer new and exciting technologies for Real Estate including 360 Walk-through Videos and Matterport Tours, Virtual Reality previews of Homes.
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dispatcher. What I’d like to do is get two full time dispatchers assigned to each squad.” A brief history of the Mount Olive Police Department The MOPD is firm in its protocol in not only working for the community, but with them as well in a partnership. Officially established in 1929, it had its true genesis 60 years earlier. As the once primarily farming community grew and businesses and more residents moved into the area, there was need of law enforcement. The Mount Olive Vigilant Society was formed on December 22, 1859 and in the 1920s, the township hired two constables, Harold McLaughlin and his assistant, George Hildebrandt. In 1929, Mount Olive Township officially established a police department, and Dan Tremitier served as the first Chief of Police. However, at this time the MOPD did not have two-way radio in patrol cars; officers were notified of a call when a flag was hung out the second-floor window of the municipal building or a blue light was turned on. Once observed, officers had to stop by the municipal building to receive call details. 1941 was the year the MOPD had benefit of squad cars with two-way radio. The MOPD then had grown to eight officers, two Detectives, three Sergeants, and Chief of Police, and the department was aided as well by 20 Special Officers. Major roadways – Route 46 in Budd Lake, Route 206 in Flanders, and the completion of Route 80 - meant more MOPD responsibility, and the eventual creation of the International Trade Zone initiated more residen-
tial development. Today, the MOPD serves a growing (and soon to grow more) community of approximately 30,000 residents. Beecher adds that one of the big challenges in town, which he feels is probably a challenge in a lot of towns, are traffic issues. “Route 206, as a result of our increase in population, has become a critical link between Routes 80 and 287, which means an increase in traffic. The same for Route 46. “West of us,” says Beecher,
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of patients: 46 patients, 2 fafor local ordinance. “As a distalities. With something so patcher there are no typical large, you have so many peodays,” Hammell states. “Some ple wanting to help, and it’s calls require more attention not just that there’s a loss of and time due to their severity life, it’s putting your emotions and need for more resources. and stress in check in order Other calls require less atto be able to handle the call, tention and are handled in a because you’re getting such timely manner. Days vary in an overwhelming response the number of calls received, that you kind of have to know, so it is necessary to be pre‘Push this aside right now; pared for anything.” we’ve got a job to do.’ And As for public misconcepthat takes an emotional and tions regarding the MOPD mental toll on you.” and dispatch, Cordileone Officer Ryan M. Hammell LEAD officers Lonnie Elbaum and Michael Russell! Law Enforce- says, “They (the dispatchers) has been a resident of Mount ment Against Drugs (LEAD) program. Mount Olive officers, in- don’t necessarily know how Olive for 27 years and has struct the Too Good for Drugs curriculum at all Township elemen- the roads are. They don’t worked as a dispatcher since tary schools. know how Route 80 is. They 2016. In addition to the all the don’t necessarily know if the duties previously mentioned by Cordileone, he and the other schools are closed or open. We try to have as much communicadispatchers also dispatch animal control, sewer and water and tions as possible, though.” the Department of Public Works for any incidents in town that Hammell adds, “I think the big misconception is that all we do require their services. “We are also tasked with collecting paper- is answer phones. Even though answering phones is our primary work for firearms packets, bail reform and handling paperwork function, we are usually performing multiple task at the
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School safety is a big thing, and the MOPD recognizes it. “I think,” says Lucivero, “it’s coming where you’ll have almost every school in the district having a police officer there. same time.” Including Hammel, there are 6 other dispatchers: Communications officers Mirsik, Johansen, Maio, Papa, Zuckerman and Lamanna. In addition to 7 full time communications officers, dispatch has 3 part time communications officers, Cheryl Henderson-Brill, James Seeger, Mark Adamsky and three full time records clerks, Darrell Hooper, Karissa Sevensky and Emily Loughman that are certified as communications officer and assist at the desk during high volume times. With regard to the Records Division, Cordileone’s team is responsible for all the records, investigation and supplemental reports, all discovery requests to be sent out (when someone gets arrested, attorneys will send requests for discovery), they’re in charge of all OPRA, in charge of all what’s now called DOORS (the division of archived and record management), submitting requests to destroy records if they fit into the categories, and they deal with personnel orders and purchase requests. “…knowing that you helped somebody in some capacity is always a comfort” Cordileone, who is also the Supervising Weapons instructor
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and Use of Force training, says he enjoys his job, but he does miss being out on the road. “When I was a young officer out on the road, just to go to somebody’s house to do the typical get the cat out of the tree kind of thing, it’s a sense that you were able to connect with somebody and help them out on a personal level. In here, we help everybody, the communication center is the nerve center, everything comes in and goes out, we do everything we can do to make sure we can connect to them, and we’ll give CPR instructions over the phone if need be, so there’s a connection there. But when I signed up for this job, it was really to help people and to try and make a difference in one person’s life. Obviously, you’re not going to change the world, but being able to go home at the end of the day knowing that you helped somebody in some capacity is always a comfort.” “…it’s coming where you’ll have almost every school in the district having a police officer there” As Lieutenant of the MOPD Support Services Division, Phil Lucivero oversees “all the stuff the police department has to take care of besides investigating crimes and solving crimes and arresting people. So, I have a Sergeant, a Corporal, and officer who’s here, an officer who’s at the high school – a school resource officer, and two class threes who are also in the high school. It’s not required (at the high school), but it’s a program that the state started last year that we instituted for this school year where we put a full time police officer in the high school and we hired two recently retired police officers who have all their certifications, and they’re up at the school, too, during the day.” School safety is a big thing, and the MOPD recognizes it. “I think,” says Lucivero, “it’s coming where you’ll have almost every school in the district having a police officer there. Right now, we have them only at the high school. My guys inside here
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handle all the firearms applications for people wanting to buy guns, we do Megan’s Law, people who need to register, we do outside activities, and a big one we do is the L.E.A.D. program, which has taken over for DARE. Both of my guys are L.E.A.D. certified and they go around to the elementary schools, the fifth graders, and they’re in charge of that. So, that’s kind of a snippet, and whatever else comes down the pike that the Chief or Captain say ‘Hey, I need you to take care of that’ it usually comes in this division.” Purchase of firearms: you never want them in the wrong person’s hands; Megan’s Law : the great issue regarding sex offenders; and drugs: seemingly a nonstop, non-defeatable issue. “Yeah, those three, they take up a big part” claims Lucivero. “Then we help out with the traffic, my Sergeant is the backup traffic officer, we’ll sometimes get side press releases, we’ll handle the outside activities, so anytime a company wants to hire us to work a traffic post, we handle that, we’re in charge of the breathalyzer machine, making sure it’s not malfunctioning. So, we run the gamut. A to Z, and that’s Support Services.” “I’m happy I wound up here”
Lucivero will enter year number 25 in law enforcement on January 30, 2019. “I’m happy I wound up here,” says the former resident of Parsippany. “Mount Olive has been everything and then some for me, it really has. Beautiful view (from his office window), I think the town is run well, I think the PD is run well – obviously I’m biased – but we’re squared away.” Lucivero recalls that, when he first arrived, the MOPD was pretty aggressive and proactive in its duties. “At the time, and we’re talking the mid-90s, you were visible, you had as many cars as you could, you were on Route 46 or on 206 and you were looking for things. We still do that and then some because there’s so many more responsibilities now. Technology has gone…unbelievable. When I first started, I got into a 1991 Chevy Caprice that had a police radio and a little toggle switch underneath the dash that flipped to make the lights go on. Now there’s cameras in the car, there’s a laptop, there’s a computer, I have access to everything, I have a computer to print out my tickets now. That’s the biggest things to me: the technology, the advancements in 24 years, for the better, absolutely. And, it’s made everyone more accountable.”
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There is so much more that the MOPD does now, and its biggest needed resource is people. “You can always use more people, can always use an extra set of hands. The population, the technology…I’m not sure of our staffing has followed that. I think 10 years ago we had 55 guys, and we’re down to 49 guys. In those 10 years, there’s more stuff, there’s more people, more housing developments going in on 46, and another is about to start on Love Lane off of Route 80. Ideally, we’d bring up our staffing to match that. But we’re doing good though.” The MOPD gives much back to the Township of Mount Olive. “I think the level of service the citizens get each and every day is second to none, and that’s by way of how we enforce the laws, how proactive and reactive we are to the community, and I know since I’ve been in this division, the Chief has made it clear to me how he wants us involved in the community events. This fall, for example, almost every weekend, I was coming in for Shop-Rite Bag Hunger, Coffee with a Cop.
Final leg of the Police Unity Tour! We were out last Saturday (December 2018) handing out teddy bears. I think we kind of work hand in hand with the community very well, and I think it works.” “We’re a good, solid, squared away PD. I’m on the inside, I do it, I’m working, I feel like it’s noticeable and people will see that we know what we’re doing. Like anything else, if you make a mistake, you admit it, you move on and you learn from it, and thankfully it doesn’t happen that often.” “Mount Olive is a thriving, growing community that is a wonderful place to
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So, we’re constantly doing more with less, and we’ve really done a push to expand our services, community outreach, and it’s a constant juggling act as to…you want to keep all the balls in the air at one time, and it’s hard to do. It’s a challenge, and obviously the more we can get resource-wise from the town, the more we can put out there.” put down roots.” “If a person picks up to call, we respond” Lt. Craig Austenberg graduated Mount Olive High School in 1985, and Administrative Sergeant of the Patrol Division, Mark Carlstrom, 1986. “Pretty much,” Austenberg responds when asked if he’s home. He then adds, “Usually when you think of the police, usually when you make that phone call, you’re going to be thinking of those guys in the blue suits to show up.” The patrolman’s unit is made up of four squads of seven, including two currently being trained, in addition to Austenberg and Carlstrom. “The job itself is so diverse,” says Austenberg, “that you have to be able to respond with so many different hats on, be constantly trained and ready to go, for me that seems to be the hardest challenge, just to be ready to go in an instant, and you don’t know what you’re going to be called to do.” “If a person picks up to call, we respond.” Austenberg and Carlstorm started out as officer on the road. “I started (out on the road) in ’89, I did 16 years in the patrol division, eventually working up to Mark’s position, which is the assistant to the commander in control. When I got promoted to Lieutenant, I went into the detective bureau and did 5 years there, then went into support services and did 5 years there, and earlier this year came back to patrol.” He loves what he does. “Absolutely. When I first started years ago, the question you always get is, ‘Where do you see yourself in 10 or 15 years?’ And for me it was always out there, on the street, writing tickets, answering calls, because for me that was the exciting part of the job. I was very fortunate to get promoted and given other opportunities.” Austenberg states that road officers are key to the MOPD. “You have more dayto-day interaction with the people, and that’s your most likely opportunity to make a difference in somebody’s life.” Carlstrom was a patrol officer for 16 ½ years and was promoted in 2014 to his current role. “I’ve been in the patrol division my whole career. I still live in the town, I have kids who graduated Mount Olive, I have kids that are still in Mount Olive, I have three boys, so to me there’s a lot of personal-ness to this job. People know who I am, and I’m all about the department. And here in our patrol division, these guys work 12-hour shifts, so they put in long days and they’re exhausted by the end of the day. It’s not easy to work a 12-hour shift. And as he (Austenberg) said we have smaller homes, apartments, to the very big extravagant homes. So, we have to know how to deal with different types of people.” He then proudly states, “Our school system is probably the best in Morris County, I grew up in it and now I get to see it, and you’re proud to be here.”
A chief concern of the MOPD is the building of new homes in town, about 700, that would task the force with additional residents to watch over. “I think we’re always asked to be doing more with less,” says Austenberg. “When I first started 30 years ago, we had 42 people in the department, now I think we’re up to about 50. So, since I’ve been here, we’ve had so many more developments, the Trade Zone, both the industrial and commercial side, the Toys ‘R Us warehouse, all kinds of popped up developments, and the population has probably gone up maybe 10,000. So, we’re constantly doing more with less, and we’ve really done a push to expand our services, community outreach, and it’s a constant juggling act as to…you want to keep all the balls in the air at one time, and it’s hard to do. It’s a challenge, and obviously the more we can get resource-wise from the town, the more we can put out there.” “They’re (the dispatchers) the eyes for us until we get on the scene” Austenberg, like Cordileone and Beecher, discuss the
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criticality of communication between dispatch and patrol. “It’s very critical. They’re (the dispatchers) the eyes for us until we get on the scene. It’s like that game Telephone where someone’s calling, and they’re excited or emotional about some situation, and they’re relaying it to our dispatch, and they’re doing their best to decipher what’s going on, and they have to give that message to our guys (patrol), so it’s very critical for them to try and be as accurate as possible.” Mount Olive Police Officers receive top notch training through
the Morris County Police Academy. Austenberg introduced the Pink Patch program to the MOPD three years ago. “It started in the Los Angeles area. I had gotten an email from our patch supplier, and there was a flier that mentioned the Pink Patch program out in California. That kind of piqued my curiosity because I’ve had family members who had breast cancer – some occasions more than once – and I said, ‘This is something I feel important to do,’ to show the support to people who are out there fighting with this disease, plus
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their families, and if we can make a few bucks, great, we’ll do that as well for them. So, we’ve been doing that for three years, I started with the patch, I did keychains the following year, then I did Christmas ornaments or holiday ornaments this year. I’m very proud of it.” He mentioned that the department also takes part in the Autism Patch, National Night Out, Coffee with a Cop, and L.E.A.D. program MOPD officers are very active in the community, and this rings Carlstrom adds, “Our testing process…there are extremely imsometimes we’ve had as many as 500 people come portant not take the written test for what ultimately wind up only to Austenbeing only one or two positions. It’s a long process, berg, but also several months before they may or may not get hired.” the rest of the force. “Absolutely. It’s all about relationships. We get support from the community because we respect them, and they respect us back in turn, and we form these relationships with them. Some of the communities out there in the country don’t have that, so if something comes in that’s going to be a questionable call, the public is going to say, ‘Wait a minute, we know these guys, let’s hear all the facts before we jump to conclusions. That usually helps you out quite a bit.”
There is a key to the trust placed in the MOPD. “We hire the best people. It starts with the hiring process. We’ll take the time to interview the people, we want the people to fit the community. A lot of departments are kind of forced due to budgetary reasons they’re going to hire somebody who has already been trained because it’s going to save them money. For us, we would rather pick somebody who has no training, give them that training even if it’s going to cost money, because that’s the person that we want down the road. I think that’s an important part of it; we hire so well that it’s a 30-year investment, and we put that as a priority for everything.” Carlstrom adds, “Our testing process…there are sometimes we’ve had as many as 500 people come take the written test for what ultimately wind up being only one or two positions. It’s a long process, several months before they may or may not get hired.” Attributes sought? “We try to find people of character,” says Austenberg. “You can always train the skill into the person, but you can’t change the character of the person. We do our best to try a pick somebody who’s going to be a character person, and like I said it’s a 30year investment. We take it very seriously.” A Challenge Coin of Core Values “Along those lines,” says Carlstrom, “when
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one of our recruits graduates the academy, they are given a Challenge Coin from the Chief, and it has the Core Values of the department: professionalism , respect, accountability, courtesy, integrity, dignity . A lot of them carry it on duty, that coin, and they can pull it right out of their pocket to remind themselves that these are the core values of the police department of Mount Olive Township.” Those abided-by and honorable Core Values are: Professionalism: We are committed to the mission of the Mount Olive Police Department. We also realize that each of us is accountable for our actions and we conduct ourselves accordingly. Respect: We will earn the trust, respect and support of the citizens through active partnership, involvement and service to the community we serve. Courtesy: We provide service in a courteous, efficient, and accessible manner. We foster community and employee involvement through problem-solving partnerships. Recognizing and responding with sincerity to those in need of our services. Integrity: We have committed ourselves to elevated standards of trust, responsibility and discipline while promoting justice in a fair and impartial manner. Dignity: We treat all persons in a dignified manner
and exhibit understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity both in our professional and personal endeavors. We guarantee to uphold the principles and values embodied in the Constitution of the United States and the State of New Jersey. Accountability: We are proud of our profession and will ensure that our members are dedicated, highly trained and capable of handling the daily demands of the law enforcement profession. We promote a collaborative environment for sharing information, resources, assistance and expertise “Every day is different – there’s nothing On a bookshelf in typical,” adds Carlstrom. Austenberg’s office are a number of videos which he points to. “Those videos, speaking of character, are from a program we used to do called Character First. It was a program where you try to stress the importance of character, on a day to day basis, with examples of what’s good character and what’s bad character.” “It’s the most rewarding job you can have, but then there are days it can be the most difficult job to have” In Austenberg’s opinion, law enforcement is a challenging job, but “It’s the most rewarding job you can have, but then there are days it can be the most difficult job to have.”
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“Our detectives have received specialized training in many aspects of investigations. When I started, you were considered a narcotics Detective or a j.v Detective. Now our Detectives have to be highly trained in all aspects”. “Every day is different – there’s nothing typical,” adds Carlstrom. Per Austenberg, he thinks thigs are different for the current regime of patrol officers with regard to policing drug abuse. “When I started, heroin was not a factor. We had pot and cocaine on occasion, but Heroin you did not really see here. Maybe a car was going on Route 80 and you stopped it. You might find it, but rarely. And now it’s probably a weekly occurrence where we’re coming across overdoses or arrests, either in Mount Olive or traveling through.” “This year we’ve had five heroin overdose deaths,” says Carlstrom, sadly. “If you were to ask me, I enjoyed the road, but I do prefer this type of work” “I started in 1999, I spent a few years on the road,” says Lieutenant Luis Sanchez. “I was then moved into the detective bureau to do some narcotics work, I did some narcotics work for a while, I was placed on loan to the county where I did a few narcotics wires, I came back and finished out the year in 2004 on the road – so I roughly spent about four years on the road – and then I came back into the investigation division in 2005, I was in here as a detective from 2005 to 2012, where I got promoted to Detective Sergeant in 2012 to 2017, and in 2017 got promoted to Detective Lieutenant (of Investigations) in 2017. If you were to do the math, roughly 16 out of 20 years I’ve been in here.” The Investigations Division consists of two Sergeants and four Detectives. When Sanchez joined the division in 2005, it had seven Detectives, one more than current. “Each Detective is also responsible for an “On-call” week. During this week they are responsible 24 hours a day for any investigations that may arise,” says Sanchez. He also adds, “The Detectives often leave work and make it to their homes, to be called right back to work. They get called out all hours of the night to help assist patrol. It is a demanding aspect of being an investigator.” “Our detectives have received specialized training in many aspects of investigations. When I started, you were considered a narcotics Detective or a j.v Detective. Now our Detectives have to be highly trained in all aspects”. Sanchez has developed many skills best used in his position, which he enjoys, but he recognizes that being out on the road is a hard job. “It is a very difficult job, you have to react quickly, you go from one call to the next call to the next call. Here, it takes time. Sometimes investigations last 90 days, 180 days, so I’ve developed a lot of skills that are best used in here. If you were to ask me, I enjoyed the road, but I do prefer this type of work.” Sanchez states his role as Lieutenant is very different from a detective. “A typical day as far as a detective is concerned is, they come in and have certain responsibilities they have to take care
of, as far as reviewing reports from the weekend. Seeing if there is anything that’s been missed or needs immediate follow-up, they have some internal things that we do, we take care of evidence, we take care of found property, seized property, we have a med return kit in the front that we have to check and see if it has to be emptied, so they have those responsibilities that they need to check daily before they get their day started, then they come in and look at whatever cases they have going on, which can range from car burglaries, home burglaries, sex assaults, narcotics, so they have a vast array of things that they constantly need to be looking into. Requesting subpoenas, court orders, canvassing neighborhoods and talking to people, conducting interviews – so their days are full. As you can see there’s no one in the office, they’re out working, following up on things, but they cover a vast array of cases.” Per Sanchez, drugs are the number one crime that the MOPD deals with. “Two different things. So, our biggest thing, the thing that we encounter the most, unfortunately, is narcotics and narcotics related crimes. What I mean by that is not just the possession of narcotics, but crimes that are fueled in order to buy narcotics, or re fueled in the course of consuming narcotics. So, if you look at the types of crimes that we cover, more often than not are car burglaries, stolen cars, theft of items inside of a car, burglaries of residences, narcotics sales, accidents involving consumption of narcotics, we have to follow that is it’s a fatal accident, and a lot of overdoses. The hurdles we have now is just that everybody has so many more social media accounts, and so many more devices that they use, it’s just more information that’s out there that we have to request more information from. Where before I could sit across from you and ask a couple questions or request a court order to your bank, to your credit card, and get everything I could about you, now I have so many more companies that own these social media sites that in order to gather my intelligence and my information is just so much more paperwork for us to do.” “…we’re educating people” Sanchez, who grew up in Warren County and is a Centenary University graduate, states that the MOPD is vigilant in combating drugs. “We put on a program called Hidden in Plain Sight, with a company called Prevention is Key out of Sussex and Morris County. I brought the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, us at a local level, people at the county level, and we went and put on a presentation for parents and educators at the high school as to what to look for – the title of Hidden in Plain Sight -- and we staged a room a normal child’s room, and told parents what to look for in your child’s room. So, part of that is education, which I think we’ve always done in different manners. It used to be DARE, now its L.E.A.D., but we put on that types of
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“…our people are our greatest resource and have done an excellent job developing relationships within our community…” program , so we’re educating people.” The MOPD also offers a program where individuals can come into police headquarters and dispose of illegal controlled substances, no questions asked. “You can come into our station, drop your syringes, your drugs into the box that’s out front. So, we’re trying to put more programs out there for education and turning things in, and then on the back end, obviously it’s always a struggle to try and do the enforcement because there’s never enough officers and never enough time. You start working on a narcotics case and then you get pulled for a burglary, you get pulled for a sex assault, or you get pulled for another reason. So, that is the challenge there, being able to have enough people to investigate the back end. I think that we’re doing well here and what we work hard on is putting out those programs. We have L.E.A.D. in schools, the med return kit, we’re always working on Prevention is Key and the county to try and put on programs like that.” Sanchez, who is Spanish, is a translator for the MOPD, which is key. “A good portion of Mount Olive is of Hispanic descent, meaning from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, there’s people from Argentina, Uruguay, so, there’s a good mix of people who speak the Spanish language here. I don’t think I’d be here at this point in my career, in this title or in this position, if it wasn’t for that. I was the first Spanish speaking officer hired in the department. I’m told now that that was a big, big selling point. At that time, there was only maybe one or two officers in Morris County that actually could speak more than one language, and I was one of them, and I was the first here in Mount Olive. Very early on in my career I was very fortunate that then-Chief Mark Spitzer, and previous to him Chief Cotona, recognized that, and they loaned me out to certain towns in Morris County. I worked in Dover in homicide early in my career, also in Hackettstown, Roxbury, so I’ve gotten to work with a lot of agencies which has given me a chance to see a lot of different things, just by virtues of being able to speak and write two different languages.” “I have learned a great deal from him over the years in what I consider a mentor/protégé relationship” Captain Mike Spitzer is in his 25th year of service to Mount Olive Township. “I was hired on August 3, 1994, graduated the Morris County Police Academy on December 9, 1994, was promoted to Sergeant on November 13, 2001, transferred as a Sergeant into the Communications & Records Division in September 2006, was assigned as the departments 1st Accreditation Manager in December 2010, was promoted to Lieutenant (Communications & Records Division Commander) on September 1, 2011 and was promoted to Captain (Operations Commander) on August 29, 2016.” Spitzer and Beecher have known each other since day one. Beecher, in fact, was involved with the selection process Spitzer hired from and was one of his FTO’s (Field Training Officers). “I trained with him for over a month and another officer (Lt.
Austenberg) for 2 months after I graduated the Morris County Police Academy in 1994. I have also worked with and for Chief Beecher my entire career. He has been my direct supervisor as a Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain and as a Chief. I have learned a great deal from him over the years in what I consider a mentor/ protégé relationship. I feel like the chief and I work well together. I believe we know each other very well which helps us understand each other’s style, personality and communication nature. Steve affords me a great deal of autonomy to do my job, which I appreciate a great deal and respect that he seeks my input and opinion on important department matters as well. According to Spitzer, the Captain is the Operations Commander and tasked with many responsibilities. “I am heavily involved in the department’s budgeting, purchasing, payroll, scheduling, human resources, accreditation, policy, discipline, recruitment and selection, training, professional development among many other functions.” He was also the department’s first Accreditation manager in 2013. “The certification in 2013 was very difficult and required a great deal of work from many but was an extremely rewarding assignment for me. I learned a great deal during the process and I was very proud to be a part of it. I continue to support our accreditation efforts and am a strong advocate for the accreditation program (NJSACOP LEAP).” “…our people are our greatest resource and have done an excellent job developing relationships within our community…” Spitzer says that the MOPD, and the Township of Mount Olive, are special places to work. “I believe we have worked very hard to recruit and hire the best, most qualified, professional and ethical people (sworn and civilian personnel) here at the Mount Olive Township Police Department. We believe if we hire the right people everything else will fall into place. With that said, our people are our greatest resource and have done an excellent job developing relationships within our community for many years. Chief Beecher has made it a priority that we participate in Community Outreach programs and events such as National Night Out, Coffee with A Cop, Keeping Seniors Safe, L.E.A.D., The Positive Ticket Program, Officer Phil, Operation Chill, CARES, etc. The interactions our personnel have experienced, and the conversations and relationships developed through these engagements has been awesome. I believe MOPD is a special place because we have developed great relationships with our residents, co-workers, and governing body and because we hire great people.” Captain Spitzer is preparing, as is the rest of the Mount Olive Police Department, to celebrate a very special anniversary. “2019 is the 90th Anniversary of the Mount Olive Township Police Department. We plan to celebrate the milestone in a special way to be announced later. I am very proud to be a member of the MOPD Family and very grateful to work with so many great people currently and in years past.”
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Freeholders Approve Use of County Owned Residences at Greystone for Women at Risk of Homelessness
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he Morris County Board of Freeholders has approved the use of nine county-owned homes located on the former Greystone Park State Psychiatric Hospital campus in Parsippany to establish a residential campus for 32 single women at risk of homelessness. The homes, once used by Greystone, are located on a cul-de-sac street located behind the county’s non-profit mall and adjacent to the Central Park fields on the former Greystone property, which is now owned by Morris County. The county’s Morris Advisory Leadership Group recommended this proposal for use of all nine homes (which are currently empty) that was submitted jointly by non-profit organizations Homeless Solutions and Family Promise of Morris County. The Board of Freeholders were briefed yesterday on the proposal and unanimously approved it at their public meeting last night. “There is a high level of need for supportive housing in our county which this important initiative will help address,” said Freeholder Kathy DeFillippo, who is the county governing board’s liaison on Human Services issues. “These homes will provide essential living space for women struggling with a housing crisis in a therapeutic and non-stigmatizing and non-polarizing environment.’’ Family Promise Executive
Director Joann Bjornson and Homeless Solutions CEO Dan McGuire offered a joint statement: “This is an amazing opportunity to work jointly, on a new level of partnership between our two agencies. “Sharing our resources and project expenses, along with the support from local community providers, will allow us to convert this property into not only housing but safe homes for vulnerable women in our community. We thank the Morris County Freeholders and the Morris Advisory Leadership Group for their trust in us.’’ Housing opportunities would target women across the homeless continuum, including but not limited to persons with developmental disabilities; mental health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence issues; and veterans and senior citizens. Homeless Solutions would be the property and tenant manager and provide an onsite supervisor responsible for monitoring the campus. Family Promise would provide management and programming, with on-site service staff and administrative staff. A network of community providers is supportive of this project, including Atlantic Health System, Child & Family Resources, Community Hope, Community Soup Kitchen, County College of Morris, Drew University Center for Civic Engagement, Interfaith Food Pantry, JBWS, Monarch
Housing, Habitat for Humanity, New Jersey AIDS Services, Mental Health Association of Essex & Morris, NewBridge Services, United Way, Zufall Health Center, and the Housing Alliance of Morris County. This proposal meets a high priority social services need for housing to support single women; offers an innovative collaboration of two leading social services providers, each known for offering quality services to adults and children who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, employs agencies that are currently leasing other county government space and have a solid
record or proper use of those spaces and includes a highly detailed program proposal that include assessments with consumers, facilities renovations estimates, engagement of provider network, support letters, capital funding support, and a reasonable staffing plan. The county and the two providers, Homeless Solutions and Family Promise, will next draft the terms of a lease agreement, which could lead to the opening of at least some of the homes later this year, once some needed repairs are done.
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Climbing Beyond Cancer:
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n the evening of Saturday December 15, Randolph Climbing Center (RCC) hosted an event Climbing Beyond Cancer to fundraise for the organization Epic Experience. Epic Experience provides free weeklong adventure ex-
periences to adults who have been diagnosed with canacer. “Most organizations that existed at the time when Epic Experience was founded focused on kids or young adults. Epic Experience is the only one who does adults and all stages of Cancer, both
those currently in treatment and survivors,” says Sabine Schwab, who organized the event. Schwab, 36, of Roxbury, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2014 at age 32, shortly after giving birth to her daughter. Her tumor was about the size of a golf
ball. “I had open brain surgery, six weeks of daily radiation, and a year of chemotherapy,” says Schwab. She is a brain cancer survivor of almost five years now and devotes much of her time volunteering. “I have dedicated my life to the cancer community. I serve on various boards, and I’m a speaker and advocate in the brain tumor community,” says Schwab. S c h wa b a ttended an Epic Experience camp in May 2015. Schwab’s experience brought her white water rafting on the Colorado River, among other activities. “It’s not just the adventures that bring the healing,” says Schwab, “they also make time for group discussions with commonly shared fears and questions along the cancer journey.” Schwab joined the
Alumni Board of Epic Experience as an Outreach Specialist in June 2015. In 2017, she became the Alumni Team lead, and in 2018 joined the Board of Directors. Schwab enjoys climbing at Randolph Climbing Center and thought it would be the perfect place to fundraise for Epic
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First Night Morris Recap
Experience. Joe Auriemma III, one of By Dawn M Chiossi the managers and Eve is often a huge night ew Year’s the event for coordithe masses. People from all over nator of Randolph say goodbye (or in some cases, good riddance) to the old year and welcome in Climbing Center, the new says that theyone arewith merriment and fun. one of New the York’s great Time Square is perhaps the most famous, kept secrets of the but every location has its own traditions, local climbing com- and Morristown is a prime munity. The Epic Experience event was the first fundraising event at RCC. Now, “we are looking cont. on page 9
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Chamber’s Annual Breakfast with the Mayors
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he Mt. Olive Chamber of Commerce held their annual breakfast with the Mayors at Longhorn Steakhouse on Tues., Jan. 5. Mayor Robert J. Greenbaum of Mt. Olive and Mayor Maria DiGiovanni of Hackettstown gave an overview of their townships.
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orthern New Jersey Sail & Power Squadron, a unit of the United States Power Squadrons (USPS) and now America’s Boating Club, will offer the New Jersey State Police approved Boating Safety Course at James Caldwell High School from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. beginning on Tues., March 5. The course taught by certified instructors licensed by the State of NJ, and which meets all the mandatory requirements necessary for obtaining your New Jersey State Boating Safety Certificate, will run every Tuesday evening for seven weeks which includes a night for review, and a night for the required state examination. The cost of the course is $90.
Legislation in the state of New Jersey was passed a number of years ago requiring all boaters, 16 years of age or older, operating a power driven vessel including a personal watercraft (PWC), to complete a boating safety course. The legislation requires a minimum of eight hours of instruction with at least six hours of in-classroom study, homework, and a proctored examination. Those successfully completing the course will receive a New Jersey Marine State Police certificate that must be in the operator’s possession when on the waters of the state. Failure to exhibit the certificate is presumptive evidence that the person has not completed an approved boating safety
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228-2092. Email: http://www. cwcboe.org /continuinged. Questions concerning the USPS course can also be addressed to the Boating Course Chairman, Bob Rosselot at 973-228-5329; email rosselot17@aol.com.
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