Tag: NJSACOP’s Annual Conference & Police Security Expo

  • East Brunswick officers lauded for stopping suicidal man from jumping off overpass

    East Brunswick officers lauded for stopping suicidal man from jumping off overpass

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Police Chief Frank LoSacco nominated two police officers for the N.J. State Association of Chiefs of Police’s prestigious Valor Award for preventing a distraught man from attempting suicide. LoSacco credited Officers Robert Thuring and Ryan Hensperger with stopping a 28-year-old man from jumping off a Route 18 overpass onto the busy New…

  • Monroe police officer nominated for Valor Award for climbing into burning car

    Monroe police officer nominated for Valor Award for climbing into burning car

    Police Chief Michael Biennas nominated Officer Douglas Perrone for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police’s prestigious Valor Award for “clear acts of courage and bravery” last Thanksgiving Day. Biennas credited Perrone for putting his life at risk on Nov. 26, 2020, to save a badly injured 30-year-old motorist trapped inside an overturned…