Law Enforcement Appreciation Day : ASIS International Western NJ Chapter

On Tuesday, May 8, 2007, the Western New Jersey Chapter of ASIS International through the leadership of Chapter Chairman Richard Lagg, CPP and Vice Chairman Joseph W. Callahan, CPP presented its 9th Annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Award Ceremony at the Hamilton Park Conference Center in Florham Park, New Jersey. Joseph A. Devine, Ed.D., who serves the chapter as the program chairperson announced the award recipients:

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Agency Awards

• Department of Homeland Security
  United States Secret Service
• Morris County Prosecutor's Office
     Maria Vinci-Savettiere, Esq.
     Executive Director/Volunteer, Dierdre's House
• Morris County Sheriff's Office
     John Sette, Operation CrimeStoppers
     Debbie Daniello, Project Lifesaver

Educational Awards

• Ronald E. Calissi, Esq.
     Fairleigh Dickinson University, Executive Associate Dean
• Roger W. Kane
     Fairleigh Dickinson University, Director of Transcript Services
• Vincent Markowski
     Ramapo College of New Jersey, Director of Security
• Francis Murphy, CPP
     Ramapo College of New Jersey, Assistant Professor of Law & Science

Leadership Awards

• Steven Benvenisti, Esq.
     Davis, Saperstein & Salomon
• Vincent J. Bove, CPP
     Leadership and Security Educator
• Denis Connell, Ed.D.
     Clark Police Department
• Scott DiGiralomo
     Deputy, Office of Emergency Management, County of Morris
• Lt. Patrick Fay
     Hackensack Police Department / President, NJRCPOA
• Rhonda M. Glover
     Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Domenick Varricchio, Ed.D.
     Port Authority Police Department
• Tom Zellman
     Director of Law & Public Safety, County of Morris

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The event included a highly educational presentation by the Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service in New Jersey. It covered the importance of public and private collaboration to the U.S. Secret Service and shared insights on various initiatives including:

• Electronic Crimes Task Force
• Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program
• Best Practices Guide to Searching and Seizing Evidence
• Forward Edge
• Critical Systems Protection Initiative
• Identity Crime Training Seminars
• National Threat Assessment Center
• The Safe School Initiative
• ID Theft Prevention

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