Wednesday January 23, 2008 Jersey Journal

Public Safety Director Bill Bergin addresses the crowd
while Police Chief Carmen LaBruno looks on.

Family, friends and lots and lots of Hoboken cops showed up for the swearing in of 14 new Hoboken police officers and promotions.

The 14 new cops are as follows: Francisco Rosa, Andrew J. Perez, Ralph F. Gallo, David DiMartino, Casandra Casella, Wilfredo Gomez, Frank R. Francolino, Bret A. Globke, Adam C. Colon, Christopher J. Markey, Daniel P. Chirino, Josue Velez, Jonathan E. Mecka, Madhu R. Cohan.

Note: Anthony Olivera was scheduled to be sworn in today, but was not. Bergin refused to say why; he said "he may be sworn in at a later date" and that there were some "unforeseen circumstances" regarding his hiring. Hmm...

The five patrolmen promoted to rank of sergeants are: Joseph P. Leonard, Donald R. Rosso, Roy A. Haack, Danilo Cabrera and Thomas M. Kennedy, Jr. The two sergeants promoted to lieutenant today are Steven V. Drasheff and Kenneth F. Ferrante.