Sergeant
Tim Gilson
2nd
Precinct
Well,
the frigid weather of winter is now upon us and the
stiff winds of change are beginning to blow. As it
appears now, with the recent changes on the local
political front, hopefully those winds are starting to
blow our way.
Sometimes…just
sometimes, you pay your $2, throw the little plastic
ring and it lands on the neck of the bottle and you win
the giant stuffed giraffe. I have to applaud the efforts
of the Board of Governors for actively and diligently
discussing the recent political endorsements and coming
to, what appears to have been some key, hugely
beneficial and constructive results. I say, some,
because not all of the endorsements went exactly as I
would have liked to see them go, but that is a story for
another day. The
key endorsements I am referring to, is the vote to
endorse the current County Exec, Mr. Ed Mangano and his
replacement to his former seat, Ms. Rose Walker. Our
support for them and the resulting endorsements we voted
for, were obviously well thought out and the correct
move, to make on our part. I congratulate Mr. Mangano on
his victory and look forward to working with him and the
new face of the County Legislature. Hopefully the slow
but constant and harmful dissection of the Police
Department, that we have been experiencing over the past
several years will begin to wane and we can resume being
the efficient and effective Department that the citizens
of Nassau County pay for and deserve. Even though Mr.
Mangano’s victory was a narrow one, it was a victory
none the less and I would like to think that our
endorsement had something to do with it. Like I have
often said, our political endorsements are one of the
few swords we, as a Union, actually wield and we should
always consider them wisely and choose them correctly.
It’s like considering the benefits, calculating the
odds, paying your $2 and throwing the ring.
Finally,
I want to extend my sincerest congratulations to the
recent members of the S.O.A. to receive promotions. The
Lieutenants, Inspectors and of course the recently
promoted Chiefs. Congratulations to Chief Cronin and to
Chief Capece on receiving your stars. They are well
deserved and truly earned. I would also like to extend
my deepest regrets at losing one of our key members on
the B.O.G. recently. Ricky Frassetti is giving up his
seat on the board and transferring to the 2nd
Pct. His presence on the board will be missed. He was an
active, knowledgeable member and his concern for his
members and the members of the Union, in general, were
always obvious. The board’s loss is actually my gain,
because now I get to, once again, work with Ricky, here
in the 2nd Precinct and I’ll be looking forward to it.
I just hope that his replacement on the board is as much
of a positive influence as he was.
Well,
that’s enough for this issue. Stay warm. Don’t put
away those snow blowers just yet and enjoy yourselves.
Until next time…Shalom
Sergeant Ricky Frassetti
Trustee – Headquarters I
Happy New Year,
I hope everyone had a happy
holiday. It
is hard to believe that it is 2010. I don’t know about
you but I am starting to feel older.
The feeling is not a good one.
Keep up with your new years resolutions.
With that, hopefully the future will be bright,
my feelings aside.
A lot has happened since the last
newsletter. Obviously
the biggest event is the loss of Tom Suozzi.
I know one thing for sure.
The new county executive does like the Nassau
County Police Department and the old one did not.
This is a change that hopefully will make our
relationship with
West Street
better. Democrat
or Republican we do have a lot of politicians that like
the police. Hopefully
the MOA regarding flying is a sign of the relationship
we will have with the new administration on
West Street
. The SOA
did a good job in the political endorsements we made.
Our former SOA member Joe Belesi was also
elected. Joe
is still a cop at heart and will do the right thing.
Sticking with politics for a
moment, the thought that a republican would hold the
seat of Ted Kennedy’s senate seat is incredible.
Scott Brown pulled off quite an upset. That is
one bet I would have lost.
It’s harder to believe than the Jets doing as
well as they have. First
Suozzi’s loss and now Brown’s win.
From the smaller scale to the larger one.
This goes to show that the people have woken up
and if you don’t do the right thing you will be voted
out of office. The
future looks bright.
Congrats to John Johnsen on his
promotion to Deputy Inspector.
John, lets see if in your new position you can be
given any more work.
I would like to welcome Edward Dordon to
Headquarters One and congratulations on your promotion
to Deputy Inspector.
I would also like to congratulate Ken Schmitt on
his designee to Detective Sergeant and say good-bye as
you leave headquarters one.
It was very nice to see a good
turnout at the SOA Christmas party and also at the
Records Supervisor party.
By now all of you should have
received a brochure from the pre-paid legal fund.
This was a benefit we gained in the last
contract. Take
a minute and read through the brochure.
There are a lot of different benefits available
to us that can save you a bit of money.
As the political positions get
filled hopefully the grievance in Records will be
settled. For
those that do not know a grievance was filed on behalf
of the supervisor in Records Bureau.
The grievance charges that the supervisors are
being denied the same vacation benefits as everyone else
in chart orange. This
seems to be a no-brainer.
The games also continue in Court
Liaison as one supervisor was transferred on a T/A {as
he was told} from Grand Jury to District Court.
This was obviously done to cut overtime, lets
wait and see how long the T/A lasts.
Grand Jury also received a new PSA. Was it a
coincidence that the PSA was hired around the same time
that the sergeant was sent to Court Liaison.
Let’s see how this works out and if a grievance
has to be filed it will.
If anyone gets involved in any
situation call your representative first.
That’s what we are here for.
Your first call should be to your rep and be
guided what to do next.
Just know that we do not have the privilege of
confidentiality. That
being said your representative is there to do the right
thing and help you any way he can.
This will be my last article as I
was just transferred to patrol.
My decision to go to patrol was an extremely hard
one and one I made after much thought and consideration.
I leave headquarters one and my position as a
trustee with a lot more understanding and appreciation
of what our representatives do for us.
I thank all of you for your support and kind
words that I have received.
I would also like to thank the Board of Governors
for welcoming me and pointing me in the right direction.
As you all know I am always just a phone call
away and available to help anyone at anytime. I
look forward to the challenges of a patrol supervisor
and I am sure my time in the support division will make
me a more rounded supervisor.
When I ran for the trustee spot I ran knowing
that I would make sure my fellow members would be
treated fairly. I
think I have done that successfully and would like to
leave the door open to my future in this union.
Only time will tell.
Stay United,
Rick
Sergeant
Tom Cipolla
Trustee
– Sixth Precinct
I would like to congratulate Gary and the
executive board on their successful negotiations in
resolving the issue of flying. For quite some time
flying has been a proverbial thorn in
Gary
’s side, and although he was partially successful in
the past in getting it stopped, it was able to come
back. It is
to
Gary
’s and the board’s credit that they never gave up
and finally put to rest the worst supervisory practice
that this job has worked under.
Now as far as the Sixth is concerned the only
thing
Gary
has to worry about is getting bottled beer at the open
meetings.
I would like to extend Mark Timpano our
best wishes for a speedy recovery, Mark suffered an
unfortunate injury while ice skating on his roof, he
blew a perfect routine when he missed a landing and
broke his leg in the process.
I would also like to congratulate James
Bartscherer on his promotion to Deputy Inspector and
Vinny Boden on his promotion to Lieutenant.
Vinny, hopefully you can relax now and lord help
us if you take a Capt’s test.
That’s about it for the Sixth, take care and be
safe.
Lieutenant
- Terence Loughlin
Trustee
– Eighth Precinct
The Holidays are over and hopefully everyone had a great
time with family and friends. The new year is upon us
with a new County Executive and new faces in the County
Legislature. I wish them well in their plans to get the
County back on solid ground and to be fiscally sound. I
am not delusional thinking this is going to be easily
fixed by waving some magic wand, but their success is
paramount to every county resident and employee.
Things are off to a good start with the end of the
practice of flying supervisors to other commands to fill
shortages. I would like to personally thank County
Executive Mangano and Police Commissioner Mulvey on the
recent promotions to fill some of those vacant
positions. I would be remiss if I did not also thank our
SOA President Gary Learned for pushing for these
promotions.
The new Legal Plan is now up and running. The services
are being provided by the firm of Felder, Kramer, and
Monaco of Hauppauge. Among the services offered are
Wills, Divorce, Health Care Proxies, and Real Estate
Transactions. For further information call
1-800-292-8063.
Plans are in the works for the Eighth Precinct
retirement party tentatively scheduled for April 14 at
the Stewart Thomas Manor. The supervisors to be honored
at this event are Inspector Al McGovern, Captain George
Hassett, Lieutenant Greg Morga, and Sergeant Bill
O’Brien.
Until next time, stay safe
Terry
Detetective
Sergeant Greg Quinn
Trustee
– Detective Supervisors
I
SPOKE WITH RETIRED DET. SGT. JOE HASELIN WHO ON 11-10-09
WENT IN FOR A STRESS TEST AND THEN FOUND HIMSELF IN ST.
FRANCIS HOSPITAL GETTING A BY PASS SURGERY THE
SAME DAY. JOE IS DOING FINE AND URGES EVERYONE TO
GET THE STRESS TEST. JOE IS WALKING AND JOGGING NOW IN
FLORIDA. HE CAN BE REACHED AT DICE333@HOTMAIL.COM
IT
WAS NICE TO SEE AN AGREEMENT WAS MADE WITH THE COUNTY ON
THE FLYING ISSUE. IT TOOK A LONG TIME BUT, YOUR
EXECUTIVE BOARD NEVER GAVE UP.
PLEASE
TRY AND MAKE THE OPEN MEETINGS. THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED
TO WEDNESDAY NIGHTS. IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYONE MADE
TWO MEETINGS BESIDE THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.
Kevin
C. Pleasants
Trustee
– Retired Members
Hi
everyone,
Well it's the end of January, I’m finally out if the
hospital and into rehab out in Riverhead, just four
blocks from my new condo. I've only been in it 10 days
since September. I've been in the hospital somewhere
around 180 days. Too bad I couldn't swap 'em for
Marriott Rewards points or my American Airlines frequent
flyer points.
I'm presently at the Riverhead health care center, 1124
Woodcrest Ave 11901. I've been doing very
strenuous physical therapy to get my atrophied legs to
walk again. I’m hoping I will be home by the time you
get this issue in the mail. Today
was the absolute best day I've had since last August 15
when I started this clusterxxxx. I started out by
donating money to earthquake relief fund in Haiti, had a
super two hour workout in PT followed by a surprise
visit from my daughter Kelly.
You
may call me on my cell at 516 318 0880 or my NEW email
address:
Kevinpleasants1@verizon.net.
Congrats are in order to Chief of Dept. Karen
O'Callaghan on the announcement of her retirement about
the same time frame as Conan O'Brian on the”Tonight
Show”. Only kidding Ka. Tuff decision. Our loss
and Hofstra’s gain.
Congrats also in order to Edward Mangano, our new County
Executive. A new fresh start is long overdue. Let's hope
we all can play nice in the sandbox together Good luck
and Godspeed Mr. Mangano. Let's also remember to say our
prayers for the Haitian people in their tremendous time
of need and also all our first responders from NYPD and
FDNY and our troops fighting overseas.
I would like to thank all of you by name but this
article would be ten more pages. Honorable Mention goes
to ret. Lt Mike DiLena who single-handedly kept me and
my wife Lynn from going cuckoo. Caryn Pfeifer our office
manager and SOA secretary for the many phone calls to
cheer me up when I was down. I can't ever forget how
much I cried the last six months. Thank you both, I love
you both. And lastly my family and my beautiful wife
Lynn for being the backbone that held everything
together while the walls were coming down, I love you
baby.
Oopps, the nurse is coming, gotta go!
I'm
hoping to be home by the middle of February and seeing all
of you and thank you for the thousands of prayers,
cards, e-mails, phone calls and hospital visits. You
have no idea what it's like to be part of this wonderful
police family! God bless each and every one of you.
Love
you all, Kev
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