CITY OF UNION CITY

HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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: TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED

SPECIAL MEETING :

_ : PROCEEDINGS

William V. Musto

Cultural Center

420 15th Street

Union City, New Jersey

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Commencing at 7:01 p.m.

M E M B E R S P R E S E N T:

LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER

MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER

CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER

TILO E. RIVAS, COMMISSIONER

M E M B E R S A B S E N T:

BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR

A L S O P R E S E N T:

DOMINICK CANTATORE, ACTING CITY CLERK

SCARINCI HOLLENBECK

BY: MONICA E. de los RIOS, ESQ.

Corporation Counsel

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CALL TO ORDER 3

ROLL CALL 3

AWARD PRESENTATION 4

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5

OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD 26

ADJOURNMENT 28

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MS. DILLON: On the record. 1

ACTING CITY CLERK: This is a Special 2

Public Meeting of the Union City Board of 3

Commissioner, being held on Wednesday, May 13, 4

2015, at seven p.m., at the William V. Musto 5

Cultural Center, 420 15th Street, Union City, New 6

Jersey. 7

This meeting has been called in accordance 8

with Chapter 231, Public Law of 1975, the Open 9

Public Meeting Act. Adequate notice of this 10

meeting has been provided as follows: 11

Notice of this meeting being set forth the 12

time, the date, location, and the agenda, to the 13

extent known, was forwarded to The Jersey 14

Journal, The Record, and The Hudson Reporter, has 15

been posted on the bulletin board in City Hall, 16

and has been made available to the public in the 17

office of the Municipal Clerk. 18

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ROLL CALL: 20

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Roll call. 22

Commissioner Fernandez? 23

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 24

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Rivas? 25

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COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Here. 1

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner Valdivia? 2

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here. 3

ACTING CITY CLERK: Commissioner 4

Martinetti? 5

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 6

ACTING CITY CLERK: Mayor Stack? 7

He’s absent. 8

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: City Clerk, at 9

this point I’d like to put on the record that 10

Mayor Stack is not available this evening because 11

his mom just passed away earlier this afternoon. 12

He would have loved to have been here at 13

this Special Commissioner’s Meeting, especially 14

honoring the police officers from Union City but 15

unfortunately he needs to attend to his family 16

matters. 17

But he sends his congratulations to all the 18

officers being honored here today. 19

ACTING CITY CLERK: Okay. 20

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AWARD PRESENTATION: 22

Union City Police Department 23

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ACTING CITY CLERK: We have an Award 25

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Presentation for the Union City Police Department 1

on the agenda for tonight. 2

At this moment I would like to turn this 3

over to Captain Brian Wolpert. 4

CAPTAIN WOLPERT: Thank you. 5

Thank you, Commissioners. 6

Good evening, everybody. On behalf of the 7

Union City Police -- on behalf of the Union City 8

Police Department we thank you for coming out to 9

this awards ceremony. 10

At this time we’re going to ask you to 11

please stand, as we honor our flag. 12

And Captain Nichelle Luster will lead us in 13

the Pledge of Allegiance. 14

CAPTAIN LUSTER: Gentlemen, if you’re in 15

uniform and have a cover on, please salute. 16

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(Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance, led 18

by Captain Luster, and said by all.) 19

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CAPTAIN LUSTER: Please remain standing. 21

CAPTAIN WOLPERT: You could have a seat. 22

Folks, at this time I’m going to introduce 23

Father Sutton. He’s going to give us his opening 24

remarks and an opening prayer. 25

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Father Sutton? 1

CHAPLAIN SUTTON: Thank you, Captain. 2

We bow our heads as we place ourselves in 3

the presence of our God. 4

In a special way we ask to please remember 5

Margaret Stack and the Mayor and his family in 6

your prayers. 7

Precious God, these men and women are 8

honored today as Union City police officers and 9

supervisors. Continue to bless their lives of 10

integrity and service and justice as we are 11

mindful of those who give their lives and 12

especially the six men who posthumously were 13

remembered on the signs of 15th Street this 14

afternoon. Continue to bless us, bless the 15

members of the Union City Police Department and 16

all the people who reside here. 17

We ask this in your name, the Father, the 18

Son, and the Holy Spirit. 19

Amen. 20

Thank you. 21

CAPTAIN WOLPERT: It’s my pleasure to 22

introduce the Police Chief of the Union City 23

Police Department, Richard Molinari. 24

CHIEF MOLINARI: Thank you, Captain. 25

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About three months ago I got a little memo 1

from the Mayor. And he basically said that he 2

really wants to do something special for National 3

Police Week. And he basically said let’s come up 4

with some ideas, let’s come up with some things 5

and let’s recognize not only the Union City 6

Police Department but the six fallen officers who 7

gave their lives to the residents of Union City. 8

And we came up with a couple of things this 9

year. And one was dedicating 15th Street, from 10

Kerrigan Avenue all the way to Palisade Avenue; 11

it’s going to be renamed Union City Police 12

Memorial Way. And each individual street was 13

named after each of the officers killed in the 14

line of duty. 15

This is something that’s probably long 16

overdo but I think with the new construction 17

going on, the lighting, the trees, -- and we all 18

know how the Mayor feels about moving Union City 19

forward -- I thought it was only fitting that 15th 20

Street was chosen; the beauty that it’s going to 21

exemplify. And memorializing the six police 22

officers who gave their ultimate lives for the 23

residents of Union City, number one. 24

Number two. 25

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The Mayor said once again we need to go out 1

of our way and recognize the men and women of the 2

Union City Police Department for their day in and 3

day out work that they do for every resident of 4

this town. 5

In addition, those who go above and beyond 6

-- and that’s what we’re going to recognize 7

tonight. Some of the awards that you’re going to 8

hear, the men and women who go above and beyond. 9

But I say this as the Chief of Police, -- 10

and I’ve often said this -- this is by no doubt 11

in my mind the best, finest Police Department in 12

the State of New Jersey and anywhere across the 13

country. These brave men and women go out 14

everyday, they put the residents first. They 15

find out what their needs are. They attend to 16

their needs. And they make sure that everything 17

that the public needs we attend to. 18

I am utmost proud to lead this Department 19

day in and day out. 20

And I want to publicly thank every member 21

of the Police Department right here, right now. 22

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(Applause.) 24

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CHIEF MOLINARI: Finally on Friday at three 1

o’clock the Mayor came up with an idea. We 2

currently have a Fire Memorial Park where we 3

honor all the firefighters that are killed in the 4

line of duty. And the Mayor said it was time to 5

honor those police officers. 6

We’re taking the park located at 11th and 7

West and we’re re-dedicating that in the honor of 8

the six officers killed in the line of duty. 9

So Friday at three o’clock we welcome 10

everybody to come back. We’re going to have a 11

small groundbreaking ceremony. I can guarantee 12

you, when you come back in October or November 13

when the park is done, you will be very proud. 14

We’re going to have a national monument 15

where we’re going to honor and place the names of 16

plaques of all of those officers killed in Union 17

City. It’s going to be a phenomenal, phenomenal 18

park. 19

I want to publicly thank Mayor Stack 20

because this was his initiative. He’s been 21

working on this every day. He comes up with new 22

ideas. 23

And I can’t tell you how much he wanted to 24

be part of this today. So, I want to thank the 25

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Mayor because it was all his insight to get this 1

done. So, please, if you have the opportunity to 2

come three o’clock on Friday, we’re going to 3

break ground. And certainly in the fall, you are 4

going to see a tremendous tribute to the six 5

police officers who lost their lives serving the 6

community of Union City. 7

Once again I thank everybody tonight for 8

coming out. 9

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(Applause.) 11

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: We’re going to move ahead 13

to the Award Presentation portion. 14

When your name is called please step up to 15

the front to accept your award. 16

Please don’t make fun of the glasses. 17

Officers James Glaser and Juan Rodriguez -- 18

if he’s here. 19

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(Applause.) 21

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: In early February of 23

2015, multiple calls directed officers to a group 24

of males threatening citizens with handguns. 25

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At one point three different victims 1

notified Communications that they were threatened 2

by a group of males last scene within a motor 3

vehicle. 4

Information provided by the victims led to 5

both a description and registration of the 6

suspect vehicle. The information was broadcast 7

to all patrol units, with special attention to 8

those operating in the 39th Street area where the 9

vehicle was last reported traveling. 10

Officer Glaser and Rodriguez immediately 11

responded to this area in search of the armed 12

suspects. Upon arriving the vehicle was located 13

in a small parking lot behind a residential 14

building. 15

At the time the vehicle was occupied by 16

multiple male suspects. This vehicle and the 17

suspects were positively identified as the group 18

that threatened citizens earlier. A subsequent 19

search of the vehicle recovered a loaded handgun. 20

Officer Glaser and Rodriguez participated 21

in an investigation that ensured several armed 22

suspects were taken into custody with no civilian 23

injuries. 24

Proactively patrolling their assigned 25

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sector, the officers were both diligent and alert 1

in the broadcast. Without hesitation when 2

confronted by the suspect vehicle, the officers 3

took action controlling the scene, protecting the 4

neighborhood and securing armed suspects. 5

The have been awarded the Honorable Service 6

Award. 7

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(Applause.) 9

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CAPTAIN LUSTER: Can I please have Sergeant 11

Archer Cuellar, Captain B. Wolpert, Jonathan 12

Rivera, Nick Alvarez, Dave Ovalle, Al Soto, and 13

Jason Bellamy. 14

These officers, in August of 2014, were 15

able to successfully prevent a male armed with a 16

sword from either harming himself or harming 17

nearby residents. 18

Officer Rivera and Alvarez were the first 19

officers that arrived on scene and they were 20

confronted with an armed suspect. The suspect 21

threatened to kill them. 22

The officers maintained their composure, 23

they tactically retreated, and they secured the 24

apartment door. 25

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Unusually calm in their transmissions, they 1

were able to advise Communications of the 2

situation and request assistance. 3

Captain Brian Wolpert was the first 4

supervisor on scene. He deployed personnel in a 5

tactical formation, securing the perimeter, 6

evacuating residents, and maintaining command and 7

control of the entire operation. He directed 8

officers that were arriving to positions that led 9

to a successful resolution. 10

Sergeant Cuellar arrived on scene and 11

immediately began negotiating through a door with 12

the suspect. He positioned himself on several 13

occasion in harms way in order to gain better 14

access and communication with that suspect. He 15

negotiated for nearly 45 minutes bringing him -- 16

to bring the suspect out of the apartment 17

unarmed. 18

Officer Ovalle, Soto and Bellamy positioned 19

themselves near the front door of the location in 20

full tactical gear for close to an hour. When 21

the opportunity finally presented itself, the 22

officers did not hesitate. They made entry into 23

the tight confines of the hallway, coming into 24

contact with a violent suspect. Despite 25

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resistance and struggle, the party was secured 1

and the incident came to a successful conclusion 2

with none of our citizens injured. 3

Because of their teamwork the above 4

officers have been recognized for their actions 5

on this date. 6

Thank you. 7

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(Applause.) 9

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: Police Officer Carlos 11

Pina and Angie Lugo. 12

On March 31st, 2015, officers were directed 13

to a residential building on a report of two 14

suspects armed with handguns. 15

Officers responded directly to the address 16

and maintained observation of the front door 17

awaiting for additional units. While standing by 18

a suspected exited the building armed with a 19

handgun. 20

Officer Pina and Lugo took a tactical 21

position and began giving verbal commands to the 22

armed suspect. The suspect refused to comply 23

with such commands and instead turned facing the 24

officer with the handgun pointed in their 25

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direction. 1

At this time a second male appeared from 2

the same building. Additional verbal commands 3

were given and armed suspect continued 4

manipulating the weapon refusing to release it. 5

This left a tense situation where deadly force 6

could have been applied. However, the officers 7

on scene continued their commands, maintaining 8

cover as additional officers arrived to assist. 9

Ultimately, the suspects were secured and 10

two imitation handguns were recovered, one on 11

each suspect. 12

Officer Pina and Lugo in this incident 13

demonstrated both bravery and restraint by 14

confronting armed suspects who were refusing to 15

comply with their initial verbal commands. Their 16

actions ensured that a tragedy was averted with 17

horrible results for all involved. 18

Because of their actions on this date, in 19

particular their restraint, they have been 20

awarded the meritorious service award. 21

Congratulations. 22

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(Applause.) 24

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CAPTAIN LUSTER: Detective Dunlay please. 1

My error; Detective Sergeant Dunlay. 2

This is an Exceptional Service Award. 3

Being honored is Sergeant David Dunlay and also 4

Detective Peter Mendoza. 5

In late July of 2012, Detectives Dunlay and 6

Mendoza were patrolling in the area of 31st and 7

Bergenline Avenue when they heard multiple 8

gunshots fired. They saw a large scene with a 9

larger crowd; multiple people were running in 10

different directions. 11

They observed a male suspect place a 12

handgun in his waistband. The male began to run 13

from the officers, refusing to comply with their 14

commands to stop. 15

They became involved in a foot pursuit and 16

the fleeing male was observed removing the gun 17

out of his waistband. He discarded the handgun 18

after the foot pursuit. 19

Detective Dunlay and Mendoza moved towards 20

danger, despite the likelihood of facing an armed 21

suspect. When this suspect was confronted, the 22

officers pursued him, a focused determination 23

allowing an armed suspect who had just fired his 24

gun to be apprehended without any injuries to the 25

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public or to the officers. 1

These courageous actions by these officers 2

have earned them the Exceptional Service Award. 3

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(Applause.) 5

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: Sergeant Angel Cartagena, 7

Police Officer Varona, Sergeant Dunlay, Police 8

Officer Navarro, and Police Officer Figueroa, if 9

they’re present. 10

On January 10th, 2015, at 2:49 hours, 11

patrol units were dispatched to a report of a 12

fire at 208 New York Avenue. 13

Sergeant Cartagena arrived shortly 14

thereafter and observed a large structure fire 15

consuming one building and parts of several 16

others. After updating Communications of his 17

observations, he entered the structure with 18

Police Officer Varona who had arrived to assist. 19

Despite heavy smoke already filling the 20

first floor apartment, the officers located one 21

resident behind stacked furniture and 22

miscellaneous items. The victim was conscious 23

but appeared lethargic and was not responding to 24

verbal directions to exit immediately. 25

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Having great difficulty maneuvering in the 1

tight corners with a heavyset male, the officers 2

requested assistance. 3

Shortly thereafter Sergeant Dunlay, Officer 4

Figueroa, Officer Navarro arrived at scene and 5

entered the same apartment. 6

Upon my arrival, -- 7

Which I was actually there so it’s a little 8

-- it means a little something more to me because 9

I physically saw this from the outside. 10

Extremely impressive. 11

Upon my arrival, near the front of the 12

building, I observed flames approximately 30 feet 13

high emanating from the upper floors. 14

Which is the same building that all these 15

officers went into, multiple times. 16

I also observed heavy smoke on the first 17

floor of 208 New York Avenue beginning near the 18

window. This was the same apartment where the 19

officers had entered to evacuate the victim. 20

A short time later the officers were able 21

to carry the victim out to a waiting ambulance. 22

The same officers made several more entries into 23

adjacent buildings, leading citizens away from 24

damaged structures. By the time the Fire 25

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Department had arrived, all effected structures 1

had been evacuated by the officers on scene. 2

There is no doubt that the actions by these 3

officers on this scene had saved at least one 4

life, if not additional residents, by their 5

actions. 6

Special attention should go to Sergeant 7

Cartagena and Officer Varona who without 8

hesitation made initial entry into the burning 9

structure in search of victims. 10

In addition, Sergeant Dunlay who made his 11

own entries and had the presence of mind to keep 12

track of all Police personnel on scene by 13

conducting several roll calls on the radio 14

ensuring all officers were accounted for and 15

safe. 16

An organized operation at a dangerous, 17

disorganized event could have gone wrong a number 18

of ways. If not for the determination and 19

physical stamina by these officers, a major 20

tragedy was sure to follow. The officers are 21

being recognized for the actions in this 22

incident. 23

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(Applause.) 25

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CAPTAIN LUSTER: Can I have Detective 2

Sergeant Delatorre, Detective Jimenez, Detective 3

Taveras and Detective Jose Diaz? 4

These officers are being honored with a 5

Unit Citation. 6

Just a little background on a Unit 7

Citation. Normally that’s granted or given after 8

a year time period for exceptional performance 9

within a particular unit or division. This 10

particular award is being given based on two 11

months worth of performance. 12

These Detectives before you are involved in 13

our Narcotics Task Force. In a period of just 14

over two months the Narcotics Task Force 15

diligently conducted numerous investigations, 16

gathering intelligence and working with criminal 17

informants. These investigations are time 18

consuming and often dangerous, as our officers 19

often work undercover. 20

Based on these investigations, in two 21

months time period, the Narcotics Task Force 22

accomplished the following results: 23

In two months, over 30 arrests. 24

The execution of seven search warrants. 25

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A seizure of over 108 -- I’m sorry -- a 1

seizure of over 85 grams of cocaine. 2

A seizure of over 300 grams of marijuana. 3

A seizure of 30 pills of Oxycodone. 4

A seizure of 48 pills of Adderall. 5

And a seizure of approximately $14,000.00 6

in currency. 7

During those two months time period they 8

also removed two handguns from the street. 9

Hard work, teamwork, motivated officers, 10

they’ve truly produced impressive results and 11

this is in a short time period. 12

For that they’ve been awarded both a Unit 13

Citation and an Honorable Service Award. 14

Thank you. 15

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(Applause.) 17

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: Detective Sergeant Ray 19

Cetinich and Detective Joe Casazza. 20

In September of 2014 a fight in the area of 21

22nd Street escalated where one suspect produced 22

and fired a handgun several times. During this 23

incident two parties were unfortunately shot. 24

Investigative Division Detectives were 25

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faced with two separate crime scenes and several 1

witnesses. However, after conducting multiple 2

interviews and following numerous leads, 3

Detective Sergeant Cetinich and Casazza were able 4

to identify suspect shooter. 5

Ultimately this party was taken into 6

custody and the handgun fired was recovered. 7

What was even more impressive was that all this 8

occurred within 24 hours after the initial 9

incident. 10

It is obvious that the Detectives’ hard 11

work and determination was the key to solving 12

such a horrible crime. 13

Because of this they are being awarded the 14

Honorable Service Award. 15

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(Applause.) 17

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CAPTAIN LUSTER: Lieutenant Perez, can you 19

come up please? 20

Lieutenant Perez is being honored with a 21

Meritorious Service Award. 22

While on patrol, in an unmarked vehicle and 23

in plain clothes, in the area of 21st Street and 24

West, Lieutenant Perez heard shots fired in the 25

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area. Upon investigating he observed two male 1

parties nearby who appeared to be alarmed by his 2

presence. 3

One male reached towards his waistband and 4

then quickly hid behind a parked vehicle. 5

Lieutenant Perez took up a tactical position 6

while giving verbal commands to the two suspects. 7

The one suspicious male continued maneuvering an 8

item in his waistband; the second suspect began 9

to run from the area. 10

Lieutenant Perez maintained his position 11

while continuing verbal commands when he observed 12

a silver metallic object being removed from the 13

suspicious party’s waist area and then being 14

discarded on the ground. 15

Maintaining his position, Lieutenant Perez 16

calmly notified Communications of shots fired and 17

requested additional officers while holding the 18

suspect at gunpoint. Ultimately the suspect was 19

taken into custody and a handgun was recovered. 20

Despite being initially outnumbered and 21

facing an armed suspect who had just -- just 22

discharged a weapon, Lieutenant Perez took 23

immediate action. His decisiveness and 24

professional approach to the one of the most 25

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dangerous calls for service for any officer 1

clearly demonstrated his discipline and his 2

bravery. 3

While holding an armed suspect at gunpoint, 4

Lieutenant Perez clearly provided Communications 5

with valuable information about an evolving scene 6

that demanded additional police resources. There 7

is no doubt that his actions on this night 8

deserve to be recognized. 9

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(Applause.) 11

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: Police Officer Astudillo, 13

Police Officer Lazzarini. 14

While on patrol in an unmarked vehicle 15

Officer Astudillo and Lazzarini observed a 16

suspicious person sitting in a vehicle. Upon 17

approaching this person who was parked late at 18

night in a commercial parking lot, they detected 19

a strong odor of burnt marijuana. 20

Further investigation by the officers 21

discovered that the suspect was hiding much more 22

in his vehicle. This included over 20 grams of 23

cocaine, additional marijuana, drug 24

paraphernalia, and brass knuckles. 25

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The officers should be commended for their 1

awareness and diligent police work. Such work 2

ensured that a suspected drug dealer would not be 3

free to distribute the contraband anymore. 4

For their actions on this date they are 5

being awarded the Honorable Service Award. 6

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(Applause.) 8

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CAPTAIN WOLPERT: Okay, at that -- at this 10

time that concludes the ceremony. 11

Once again I’d like to thank the Board of 12

Commissioners for giving them their time. 13

Chief Molinari, without his leadership and 14

management, the Department would not be moving as 15

fast as we are in the future with all the new 16

innovation and technology. 17

So definitely we appreciate that. There’s 18

a lot of energy that it takes to run a Police 19

Department and we’re very fortunate to have him 20

here and this is -- you know, this is a good 21

showing for us. 22

And definitely at the time -- at this time 23

in our country where law enforcement sometimes is 24

maybe getting a little bit of a black eye, it’s 25

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nice to have not just an awards ceremony but a 1

bigger community event as we honor some of those 2

officers who in the past have gave the ultimate 3

sacrifice. 4

So, again, I appreciate everybody for 5

taking this time. I appreciate for all you to 6

come out -- for all of you coming out and 7

definitely supporting the Police Department and 8

the community. 9

You’re more than welcome to stay and take 10

some pictures after the event. 11

As you can see from outside we have -- 12

there’s some activities for the children, some 13

food and some rides. So, again, we would like 14

you to stay and enjoy the community. 15

Thank you very much. 16

(Applause.) 17

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OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 19

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ACTING CITY CLERK: You wish to -- 21

Board of Commissioners, do you guys wish to 22

take public comments at this time? 23

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: If we have anyone 24

in the public that would like to make a comment 25

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about tonight’s event? 1

ACTING CITY CLERK: Seeing -- 2

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Questions? 3

ACTING CITY CLERK: Seeing none. 4

Seeing none. 5

COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Once again, ladies 6

and gentlemen, police officers, on behalf of the 7

Mayor, the Board of Commissioners, commendations 8

and praise are extended to all of you officers 9

for your work, day in/day out, on behalf of this 10

wonderful community. 11

Thank you very much to Chief Molinari, 12

Captain Luster, Captain Gonzalez, and Captain 13

Wolpert, for their diligence. 14

Also, a big thank you to the committee who 15

put this event together. 16

Thank you so very much, officers. God 17

bless you all and have a good night. 18

Thank you. 19

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(Applause.) 21

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Is there a motion to 23

close Public -- 24

COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 25

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COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 1

ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion made by 2

Commissioner Valdivia. 3

Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 4

All in favor? 5

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ACTING CITY CLERK: Adjourn. 12

COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Motion to adjourn. 13

ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion to adjourn? 14

Is there a motion to adjourn? 15

COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 16

ACTING CITY CLERK: Motion by Commissioner 17

Martinetti. 18

COMMISSIONER RIVAS: Second. 19

ACTING CITY CLERK: Second by Commissioner 20

Rivas. 21

All in favor? 22

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________________________ Lucio P. Fernandez 1

________________________ Maryury A. Martinetti 2

________________________ Celin J. Valdivia 3

________________________ Tilo E. Rivas 4

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Dominick Cantatore, 8

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accurate transcript in the matter of the SPECIAL 7

MEETING of the UNION CITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 8

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