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Star-Ledger Dedicated top cop retiring from P.A.
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Dedicated top cop retiring from P.A, Morris took the helm after huge 9/11 losses BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff Port Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris, who assumed command in the days after Chief Fred Morrone was killed in the World Trade Center attack, is retiring to accept a private security job, bistate agency officials said yesterday. The 55-year-old Morris, who spent more than three decades with the department, is retiring Friday to join ManTech Security Technologies, a Virginia-based company. "The Port Authority is thankful for the dedication and long service of Chief Morris during his 31 years at the agency," said Tony Ciavolella, a Port Authority spokesman. "We are extremely grateful for his selfless leadership during and after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. He will be missed." A replacement has not yet been named.
Arriving at the scene just six or seven mi before the first building collapsed, Morris group stayed away from Vesey Street be people were jumping from the buildings; parts were cascading down. It was a fortuitous decision. Morris does not remember hearing muclthe first tower collapsed, just looking up; seeing many black objects falling. "I was stunned by it," he said. "Then yelli Because that's all you could do ... Thank had 40 yards of sprint in me. I just jumpe command bus. The best way to describe being in a warm blizzard. You couldn't s< His group's goal - "to get us back out to buildings to save lives" - was never real they witnessed the fall of the second tow "It was chaos," he said.
At a February 2002 conference, Morris, who was The agency lost 37 officers that day.
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Mission accomplished, PA police chief retires By BILL FARRELL DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Port Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris, who was tapped to rebuild the department after it was decimated by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, has retired after 31 years of service. Thirty-seven members of the force, which at the time included 1,300 members, were lost in the attacks, including two of its highest-ranking commanders - Superintendent of Police Fred Morrone and Chief James Romito. In a post-9/11 reorganization, the Port Authority appointed Morris its first-ever chief of department on Sept. 26, 2001. In previous assignments, Morris, 55, had coordinated the department's planning and operations for the year 2000 changeover and OpSail 2000. He left Friday, having mended and restored a department that was reeling from its losses when he took the helm.
With the department now comprising me 1,650 members, and with PATH commu service once again running to the World Center site, Morris decided it was time t on. "Once the PATH line opened, the circle complete," said Morris. "The dynamics v it was time." He is leaving to take a position with the firm Mantech. "They do a lot of work for the federal go1 and other agencies," he explained. "So going to be involved in the war on terror Terrorism is a subject Morris knew all to long before the 9/11 attacks, having pla; role in the investigation and aftermath o 26, 1993, World Trade Center bombing. And that bombing, which killed six and ii
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New York 1 Port Authority Releases 9/11 Emergency Transcripts
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Port Authority Releases 9/11 Emergency Transcripts Despite opposition from family members of victims, the Port Authority on Thursday released transcripts from emergency calls made during the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. The 2,000 page document provides a closer look at the difficult decisions facing both emergency personnel and civilians after the attacks. The transcripts cover transmissions from personnel at the World Trade Center, Newark Airport in New Jersey and Port Authority Police headquarters in Jersey City, N.J. In many cases, they reflect the confusion and chaos inside the Twin Towers.
Later, in another transmission, a male says: Male: "The World Trade Center has collapsed." (Pause) 'WeVe got to mol everybody. We want everybody out ol buildings. The World Trade Center jus down...1 want everybody out. That's it South Tower, I want everybody out of building." While the Port Authority remains cone about the privacy of victims families, il tapes reveal the bravery of those who
"We've always known in our hearts thi people were heroes to the very end. T transcripts prove we were right, and i\n fact, her Trevor, a spokesman for the Port Autt
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The New York Times had pushed to g transcripts released, saying it wanted evaluate emergency response time. T Authority fought the release, saying it inappropriate and violated the privacy members.
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The nearly 2,000 pages capture the chaos and confusion that ensued when hijackers slammed airliners into the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. They
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Some surviving family members are angered or upset by the impending release, while others believe the transcripts can provide valuable insight into the tragedy. In all, the Port Authority lost 37 police officers and 47 civilian employees in the attack. In
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By KAREN MAHABIR STAFF WRITER PortAi Police Joseph who re depart it lost; in the } Trade attacks retired onedc
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By Leonard Levitt April 2, 2004-Charlie DiRienzo, superintendent of the Port Authority Police, is returning to the NYPD at the behest of his old friend Ray Kelly. But many city cops may not be so happy to see him. Their union says Kelly and DiRienzo prevented the Port Authority from hiring city officers. The Port Authority expanded its force to 1,653 after the Sept. 11 terror attack, hiring 532 officers, 316 of them from the NYPD. Then, say union officials in both agencies, someone put the kibosh on hiring any more. In issuing a no-confidence vote against Kelly after he said Officer Richard Neri's shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Brooklyn did not appear to be justified, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch said Kelly had also prevented NYPD cops from joining the Port Authority police. Top union officials suspected Kelly and DiRienzo
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Meanwhile, at One Police Plaza, many since returning as commissioner two y< Kelly has chosen confidantes who are civilians, not chiefs. DiRienzo, 60, appears to be the except and DiRienzo, who served in the depar from 1965 to 1998, go back at least tw< to when Kelly ran the 106th Precinct in and DiRienzo was integrity control offic Kelly apparently likes DiRienzo so muc telephoned N.J. Gov. James McGreev< lobby for DiRienzo for the superintends the bi-state agency two years ago. Mc( press secretary, Micah Rasmussen, cc the call to Newsday yesterday. DiRienzo was apparently so eager to le Port Authority and join Kelly that he wa to forego his NYPD pension, which he to collect while working for the authority collect while working for the NYPD. Co willingly forego pensions, suggesting th be another reason he is leaving. His new job at One Police Plaza: depui commissioner of administration, a posil
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PAPD boss De Rienzo named deputy commissioner of I NEW YORK, Mar. 30, 2004 - The head of the Port Authority Police Department, Charles De Rienzo, has been named deputy commissioner for administration of the New York Police Department.
"My goal would be to bring all of us i team effort in fighting terrorism in thi terrorists will take a look here and d( is not the place to come," he said.
De Rienzo, who formerly served with the NYPD from 1965 to 1998, said Tuesday night that he will step down on May 1 after two years as superintendent of the 1,653-member Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police force.
De Rienzo began his law enforceme in 1965 as a New York City police ol rose in the ranks to precinct commai later commander of the Police Acadi Recruit Training School.
De Rienzo, who will return to the NYPD in midMay, succeeds Paul J. Browne, now the NYPD's deputy commissioner for public information.
He also helped create the Quality As Division, which audited the departmi operational and administrative syste
"It's like going back to your first love," De Rienzo said. "It's very exciting."
After retiring in 1998 from the 36,50( NYPD, the nation's largest police de De Rienzo served as director of the Frauds Bureau in the state Insuranc Department and as executive direcfr state Athletic Commission.
As head of the PAPD, De Rienzo, 60, was responsible for safety and security of Port Authority facilities, which include John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia and Newark (N.J.) Liberty airports and the Holland and Lincoln tunnels. The Port Authority also owns the World Trade Center site. De Rienzo also served as a liaison with federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies
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Looking back while pressing ahead at P Chairman reflects on first year at agency BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff NEW YORK - Assessing his first year at the helm, Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia says the bistate agency has renewed its focus on its transportation mission and will continue making significant investments in key regional projects despite lagging revenues. Coscia stressed the upcoming challenges a day after being re-elected by the board of directors to a second one-year term. "The agency has really found a sense of direction," said Coscia, 44, appointed to the unpaid board post by Gov. James E. McGreevey. "Our priority ought to be ... to lead in the investment and infrastructure that brings the region together." Coscia has overseen the Port Authority's reopening of the PATH train system's temporary World Trade Center station and Jersey City's
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While most of the bistate agency's focu transportation initiatives, as owner of th former World Trade Center site, the Poi has a major role in the city's commercia estate market and the redevelopment o Manhattan.
Groundbreaking by developer Larry Sil\e 1,776-fo building that will replace the destroyed ' Towers at Ground Zero, is scheduled fc summer. But a start date has not yet be the $2 billion permanent PATH station £ which is being designed by renowned S architect Santiago Calatrava. To widespread acclaim earlier this year Calatrava unveiled his plan for an oblor atrium hub, with two massive winglike c to provide shelter and symbolize rebirth will connect to the city's downtown subv "It's important for us to keep momenturr project going," said Coscia of the Grour
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Port Authority names a new police chic Department, recovering from 9/11 losses, will focus on anti-terror, anti-crime efforts BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff
Plumeri's new salary was not available, predecessor earned $163,254 in the po
NEW YORK -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tapped Samuel Plumeri Jr., a former Mercer County sheriff, to be the bistate agency's new police superintendent, effective May 1, officials announced yesterday.
Beginning his law enforcement career £ Trenton patrolman, Plumeri served 12 > Mercer County sheriff. In 2001, he lost i state Senate seat. He now oversees th< intelligence and training programs.
Plumeri, 57, will take command of the roughly 1,640-member force, which has been rebuilt since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He succeeds Charles De Rienzo, who is departing after two years at the helm and will rejoin the New York City Police Department to handle special assignments.
Michael O'Connor, who served as polic the New York City Transit Authority, als named yesterday to fill a new position, i public safety and emergency managem
The PAPD continues to regroup after it lost 37 officers in the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the World Trade Center and a series of retirements afterward. Some 550 new officers have been hired, though the department does not have any immediate plans for a new class of recruits.
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Star-Ledger | Port Authority Police chop overtime in half
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Port Authority Police chop overtime in h Department says $43 million spent last year was needed for post-9/11 se A total of 145 officers retired last year, t none of the top 10 overtime earners. Pe generally have been based on an avers The Port Authority Police Department slashed its best three years of officers' salaries, inc overtime by half last year - $43 million - from the overtime pay. record $86 million spent in 2002 after the 9/11 PAPD brass said officers have had a br terrorist attacks, according to agency figures mid-2003 when routine, mandatory ove released yesterday. required after 9/11 - was ended. Office generally were able to return to 40-hour While the $43 million paid to the department's weeks with overtime mostly voluntary. 1,637 officers represents a significant decrease from the 2002 and 2001 payouts, it is the thirdhighest amount ever spent - well above the pre- "Everyone on the department took a ph because of the amount of (mandatory o 9/1 1 record of $29.6 million in 1993 -- following hours we worked for a very long period the first attack on the World Trade Center. said PAPD Police Chief Christopher Tn PAPD officials defended the overtime costs as critical to helping protect the region's three major Trucillo said there are contractual limita the ability of PAPD brass to limit how m airports, the Hudson River crossings, the area's of overtime that officers can work, but h ports and the PATH train system. Additionally, officers appearing too tired for duty at re they pointed to a reduction of 45 percent in would be sent home. crimes including robbery, luggage theft and assault at Port Authority facilities since the end of "They have to be fit for duty," the chief 5 2001. BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff
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Port Authority Cops Display New Spirit Pride in Job Grows By Mark Daly The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed everything for the Port Authority Police Department, said Joseph Morris, the agency's ranking Chief.
Mr. McHale, a member of the FBI's Joi Terrorism Task Force, still is in touch v friends he made at Ground Zero, such ironworkers in New York State's Local invited him to bring his family this sum their annual pic-nic in upstate New Yoi
The scale of the disaster and the strong desire to recover as many While they were still victims as possible reeling from the loss of 37 officers in the drove the Port collapse of the Twin Authority officers to GUS DANESE: excel, sometimes in Towers, the PAPD 'Front line against answered an immediate surprising ways, the terrorism.' need for tighter security Detective said. "There were people at three sprawling airports — Newark, JFK and there who maybe LaGuardia — and began a close monitoring of traffic at the four bridges, two tunnels, and marine were not active as a police officer in terminals in its jurisdiction. terms of arrests, who we had to hit 'More Important Now' them over the head with a pipe to get 'There's a new normalcy to the department now,
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Port Authority Officers Seek Recognition by Sean Gardiner NEW YORK, New York - A year after the Port Authority Police Department suffered the greatest single-day loss in U.S. law-enforcement history, the force has spelled out its name on officers' hats because so many people still don't know who they are. Their baseball-style caps have been changed this summer to read "Port Authority Police," rather than "PAPD." "Last fall, shortly after the event, we went to the 'PAPD' hats and what happened is people kept coming up to us and saying 'Where in Pennsylvania are you from?'" said Port Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris, telling the story with the good humor of a man leading a force used to being overlooked. With just 1,400 members and the unglamorous task of policing airports, tunnels, bridges, bus terminals and a commuter rail system, the PAPD has long worked in the shadow of the 39,000-member NYPD - the world's most renowned force - and the 14,000-member city Fire Department. Port Authority officers and their families thought the death of 37 officers in the Sept. 11 attacks - a greater percentage of their force than the NYPD, which lost 23, or even the FDNY, which had 343 die - would have increased recognition. But many say it seems the tremendous sacrifice has gone largely unnoticed. "People still don't know who we are," said Sonya Houston, whose husband, Officer Uhuru Houston, 32, died in the attacks. "We're like the forgotten child." The slights have come in big and small ways. Houston, 31, left to bring up two children, Hasani, 6, and Hannah, who turns 2 next month, said she was watching TV two months ago and saw an ad for dolls. "I saw that the FDNY has a doll and the NYPD has a doll but not the Port Authority," she said. "It was like, Port Authority, left out again." Perhaps even more disturbingly, a week after hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, where the Port Authority Police were headquartered, a banner unfurled at Battery Park City honored the agencies who lost members. The PAPD was left off. Morris said he attended two counterterrorism summits, one at which the former police chief of Oklahoma City spoke and another where Rockland County's sheriff gave a speech on the attacks. In citing the law-enforcement officers killed, both omitted the Port Authority. At least 14 books about the FDNY and four about the NYPD have been published or are to come out this year. None appear to be in the works on the Port Authority police. On eBay, the Web auction site, all sorts of NYPD and FDNY items are up for bid, including T-shirts, cufflinks, magnets, teddy bears and an NYPD and FDNY Mickey Mouse. Not a single PAPD item is listed. Insp. Barbara McClancy, police commander at Kennedy Airport, bristles when she recalls reports that incorrectly described NYPD Officer Moira Smith as the only female cop to die in the attacks. The body of her friend, Port Authority Capt. Kathy Mazza, was found in the lobby of the north tower. Mazza died trying to carry out a woman PA cops had strapped to a chair. Jeannine Mclntyre and husband Donald, a PAPD officer who died, collected Hummel ceramic figurines. Leafing through a newspaper, she found a company selling NYPD and FDNY Hummels. Thinking it'd be a nice way to remember her husband, she called to inquire if they had one for the PAPD. "What is that?" asked the woman who answered the phone. Mclntyre remembers having a good laugh with her husband after he helped carry a man down from the 65th floor in the 1993 trade center attack and he told of how reporters pushed by him to interview firefighters and city cops. Like other Port Authority Police supporters, Mclntyre said she has no animosity for the amount of attention focused on the FDNY or the NYPD. But after a while, the slights add up. And if the Port Authority cops aren't recognized now, a year after their greatest loss, she said, "I guess they never will."
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Recent Columns Q EJ He who speaks last But many city cops may not be so happy to see him. Their fares well union says Kelly and DiRienzo prevented the Port Authority May 7, 2004 from hiring city officers. Q m Kelly's issues with free The Port Authority expanded its force to 1,653 after the press Sept. 11 terror attack, hiring 532 officers, 316 of them from Apr 30, 2004 the NYPD. Then, say union officials in both agencies, Q someone put the kibosh on hiring any more. a Horsing with their In issuing a no-confidence vote against Kelly after he said Officer Richard Neri's shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Brooklyn did not appear to be justified, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch said Kelly had also prevented NYPD cops from joining the Port Authority police.
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Top union officials suspected Kelly and DiRienzo had come H Unconventional surveillance to an arrangement. About 75 to 100 NYPD officers were Apr 9, 2004 subsequently rejected by the authority for medical or psychological reasons, the union officials told Newsday. Top Stories Q la Alan King dies at 76 A top Port Authority official who asked for anonymity said he doubted any such arrangement existed. Q Hi Bush praises Rumsfeld DiRienzo declined to comment. Tony Ciavolella, a Port amid scandal Authority spokesman, would not confirm or deny the number of NYPD cops rejected or say whether they were m Kerry takes for psychological reasons, citing "privacy concerns." Kelly's communion despite stance spokesman, Paul Browne, did not respond to questions about the matter. Q H Slain Chechen president is buried Meanwhile, at One Police Plaza, many note that since returning as commissioner two years ago, Kelly has chosen .._ confidantes who are all civilians, not chiefs. M Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB DiRienzo, 60, appears to be the exception. Kelly and DiRienzo, who served in the department from 1965 to 1998, go back at least two decades to when Kelly ran the 106th Precinct in Queens and
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Chapter 37 of the Police Unity Tour will hold a kickoff ceremony on Sunday, May 9, at the World Trade Center, to begin their annual bicyc the National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial in Washington, D.C. Between 300 and 400 law enforcement officer representing law enforcement agencies throuc nation will gather, on bicycles, in what has bee largest single fund-raising event for the Memo
Sgt. Tommy Kennedy (left) and P.O. Bobby Egbert, both of the PAPD/JFK Command, at the Memorials Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C.
The Memorial, which was created by an Act oCongress, does not receive any public fundinc must rely on private donations. The Memorial, includes the Memorial Walls on which the nan more than 17,000 law enforcement officers wh the line of duty are inscribed, is the one place grateful nation can honor the sacrifices made enforcement officers.
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Deputy Superintendent Plumeri joined the Port Authority Police Depa September 2002, and is in charge of intelligence and training. He is responsible for developing a system to distribute intelligence informa practices and procedures followed by Port Authority police, updating of police operations and police administration.
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The Port Authority hired Deputy Superintendent Plumeri in April 2002 agency's New Jersey Director of Government and Community Affairs, joining the bistate agency, he served for more than 32 years in law enforcement. His extensive law enforcement career included 12 year: Mercer County Sheriff. He also served as Undersheriff in Mercer Count leaving the Trenton Police Department in 1986. During his years in th sheriff's office, he developed K-9 units for bomb detection and the coi Emergency Response Team. He began his law enforcement career with the Trenton Police Department, where he served as a patrolman, detective and intelligence officer. He was an undercover detective for 10 years, pure illegal drugs while assigned to the vice enforcement unit. Deputy Superintendent Plumeri is a former President of the New Jersey Association of Counties, President of the New Jersey State Sheriff's Association, and was appointed to the National Asso Counties Law and Justice Steering Committee. He also was a member of the Mercer County Chie Police Association. Deputy Superintendent Plumeri has a degree in Law Enforcement from Rider University in Lawn N.J. Back to Port Authority Police Department HOME >
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2/3/2004
Jersey Journal | Former Harrison cop takes reins as chief of Port Authority force
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Former Harrison cop takes reins as chiel Port Authority force By Wendy Mbekelu Journal staff writer February 7, 2004--A former Harrison police officer was sworn yesterday in as the chief of police for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Christopher Trucillo, 47, who served on the force in Harrison for seven years and whose uncle is the chief of police there now, replaces Joseph Morris at the Port Authority, which has its own police department. He left the Harrison department to join the Port Authority as an officer at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he served as chief of special projects. The swearing-in, which included the elevation of a new deputy chief, Anthony Whitaker, was held yesterday at the Port Authority Technical Center in Downtown Jersey City.
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"He's very dedicated to his job and I kn do great," said Cidalia Trucillo. When it came time for Trucillo to addre crowd, he thanked the executive staff £ family for their support. "I pledge to work diligently to lead the department to face the challenges ahe; said. To his fellow officers, he said: "I ask th; care because innocent people's lives d you." Whitaker, who was the commanding of the World Trade Center during the atta September 11, 2001, said he realized f he was to be alive.
5/10/2004
Star-Ledger | Newark Airport's top cop to lead P.A. police
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January 28, 2004
Newark Airport's top cop to lead P.A. pol BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff
The new chiefs duties will include helpi department rein in overtime costs, whic skyrocketed after 9/11, while meeting th agency's security needs.
Christopher Trucillo, the Port Authority's commanding officer at Newark Liberty International Airport, has been named chief of the "There has to be a balance struck," Tru bistate agency's police department. "There aren't unlimited budgets." Trucillo, an 18-year veteran, will replace Chief Joseph Morris, who retired earlier this month after two years at the helm to take a job with a private security firm. "I'm very honored and humbled to be selected for this spot," said Trucillo, 47, who began his law enforcement career in 1978 as a police officer in Harrison. "The object and the goal, as always, is to meet the security needs of all the facilities we police in this dangerous world we live in now." Trucillo, a Port Authority police inspector since August 2002, takes over a force that lost 37 members on Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, the department has seen many of its veteran officers retire and has worked to replenish its ranks by graduating five classes of cadets.
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In 2002, the department's overtime tota record $86 million, up from $73.8 millioi The previous record had been $29.6 mi 1993, the year of the first World Trade ( bombing. Trucillo said he will spend his early day: job visiting officers at the Port Authority' to "do some listening" to their needs an concerns. In addition to Newark Airport, Trucillo hi command assignments at the Port Auth Terminal, the civilian complaint investig and internal affairs. After 9/11, Trucillo helped create a groi assisted family members of Port Author who were killed in the attacks, and he c
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Star-Ledger P.A. police leader to rejoin N.Y. force
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April 1 , 2004
P.A. police leader to rejoin N.Y. force BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff The superintendent of the Port Authority Police Department is leaving the agency to return to the New York City Police Department, where he spent the bulk of his career, officials said yesterday. Charles De Rienzo, 60, who assumed command of the roughly 1,640-member PAPD in April 2002, will handle special assignments, including overseeing relations between the NYPD and other agencies. De Rienzo spent 33 years with the NYPD, beginning as a police officer in 1965. Deputy Superintendent Samuel Plumeri Jr., a former longtime Mercer County sheriff, is a leading candidate to be named the PAPD's new superintendent. But Tony Ciavolella, a Port Authority spokesman, said no decision has been reached on De Rienzo's successor. "I'm going to be working directly with Commissioner (Raymond) Kelly," said De Rienzo,
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"He came to the Port Authority following events of Sept. 1 1 , 2001 , and was imm> charged with the tasks of rebuilding a p that endured considerable loss, ensurin safety of the public at all Port Authority and maintaining the security of the ager infrastructure," Ciavolella said. Over the last two years, De Rienzo, is $163,254, helped rebuild the force, w hovering around 1 ,300 officers when he over. Many of those officers have since "We've hired 550 new people. We've hz tremendous amount of new training," s£ Rienzo, explaining those efforts include counterterrorism initiatives and emergei services preparation. "I feel good about the things we've done over the past few Slowly, the department is continuing to footing after 9/11, said the superintends "As much as we'll always remember the losses ... the department is moving on," Rienzo.
5/10/2004
Star-Ledger Dedicated top cop retiring from P.A.
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January 6, 2004
Dedicated top cop retiring from P.A, Morris took the helm after huge 9/11 losses BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff Port Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris, who assumed command in the days after Chief Fred Morrone was killed in the World Trade Center attack, is retiring to accept a private security job, bistate agency officials said yesterday. The 55-year-old Morris, who spent more than three decades with the department, is retiring Friday to join ManTech Security Technologies, a Virginia-based company. "The Port Authority is thankful for the dedication and long service of Chief Morris during his 31 years at the agency," said Tony Ciavolella, a Port Authority spokesman. "We are extremely grateful for his selfless leadership during and after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. He will be missed." A replacement has not yet been named.
Arriving at the scene just six or seven mi before the first building collapsed, Morris group stayed away from Vesey Street be people were jumping from the buildings; parts were cascading down. It was a fortuitous decision. Morris does not remember hearing muclthe first tower collapsed, just looking up; seeing many black objects falling. "I was stunned by it," he said. "Then yelli Because that's all you could do ... Thank had 40 yards of sprint in me. I just jumpe command bus. The best way to describe being in a warm blizzard. You couldn't s< His group's goal - "to get us back out to buildings to save lives" - was never real they witnessed the fall of the second tow "It was chaos," he said.
At a February 2002 conference, Morris, who was The agency lost 37 officers that day.
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Mission accomplished, PA police chief retires By BILL FARRELL DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Port Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris, who was tapped to rebuild the department after it was decimated by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, has retired after 31 years of service. Thirty-seven members of the force, which at the time included 1,300 members, were lost in the attacks, including two of its highest-ranking commanders - Superintendent of Police Fred Morrone and Chief James Romito. In a post-9/11 reorganization, the Port Authority appointed Morris its first-ever chief of department on Sept. 26, 2001. In previous assignments, Morris, 55, had coordinated the department's planning and operations for the year 2000 changeover and OpSail 2000. He left Friday, having mended and restored a department that was reeling from its losses when he took the helm.
With the department now comprising me 1,650 members, and with PATH commu service once again running to the World Center site, Morris decided it was time t on. "Once the PATH line opened, the circle complete," said Morris. "The dynamics v it was time." He is leaving to take a position with the firm Mantech. "They do a lot of work for the federal go1 and other agencies," he explained. "So going to be involved in the war on terror Terrorism is a subject Morris knew all to long before the 9/11 attacks, having pla; role in the investigation and aftermath o 26, 1993, World Trade Center bombing. And that bombing, which killed six and ii
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New York 1 Port Authority Releases 9/11 Emergency Transcripts
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Port Authority Releases 9/11 Emergency Transcripts Despite opposition from family members of victims, the Port Authority on Thursday released transcripts from emergency calls made during the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. The 2,000 page document provides a closer look at the difficult decisions facing both emergency personnel and civilians after the attacks. The transcripts cover transmissions from personnel at the World Trade Center, Newark Airport in New Jersey and Port Authority Police headquarters in Jersey City, N.J. In many cases, they reflect the confusion and chaos inside the Twin Towers.
Later, in another transmission, a male says: Male: "The World Trade Center has collapsed." (Pause) 'WeVe got to mol everybody. We want everybody out ol buildings. The World Trade Center jus down...1 want everybody out. That's it South Tower, I want everybody out of building." While the Port Authority remains cone about the privacy of victims families, il tapes reveal the bravery of those who
"We've always known in our hearts thi people were heroes to the very end. T transcripts prove we were right, and i\n fact, her Trevor, a spokesman for the Port Autt
Male B: "Yeah, this is the Fire Command over at B Tower." Male A: "Yeah, we got, uh, a major explosion over at the Trade Center here. It might be an aircraft." Male B: "Okay, yeah, we just wanted to get some
The New York Times had pushed to g transcripts released, saying it wanted evaluate emergency response time. T Authority fought the release, saying it inappropriate and violated the privacy members.
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The nearly 2,000 pages capture the chaos and confusion that ensued when hijackers slammed airliners into the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. They
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Some surviving family members are angered or upset by the impending release, while others believe the transcripts can provide valuable insight into the tragedy. In all, the Port Authority lost 37 police officers and 47 civilian employees in the attack. In
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The Record | PA police chief retires after career full of historic events
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Crossing the Bridge PA police chief retires after career full of historic events
By KAREN MAHABIR STAFF WRITER PortAi Police Joseph who re depart it lost; in the } Trade attacks retired onedc
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5/10/2004
Newsday | Cops not happy with PA police official's return
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By Leonard Levitt April 2, 2004-Charlie DiRienzo, superintendent of the Port Authority Police, is returning to the NYPD at the behest of his old friend Ray Kelly. But many city cops may not be so happy to see him. Their union says Kelly and DiRienzo prevented the Port Authority from hiring city officers. The Port Authority expanded its force to 1,653 after the Sept. 11 terror attack, hiring 532 officers, 316 of them from the NYPD. Then, say union officials in both agencies, someone put the kibosh on hiring any more. In issuing a no-confidence vote against Kelly after he said Officer Richard Neri's shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Brooklyn did not appear to be justified, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch said Kelly had also prevented NYPD cops from joining the Port Authority police. Top union officials suspected Kelly and DiRienzo
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Meanwhile, at One Police Plaza, many since returning as commissioner two y< Kelly has chosen confidantes who are civilians, not chiefs. DiRienzo, 60, appears to be the except and DiRienzo, who served in the depar from 1965 to 1998, go back at least tw< to when Kelly ran the 106th Precinct in and DiRienzo was integrity control offic Kelly apparently likes DiRienzo so muc telephoned N.J. Gov. James McGreev< lobby for DiRienzo for the superintends the bi-state agency two years ago. Mc( press secretary, Micah Rasmussen, cc the call to Newsday yesterday. DiRienzo was apparently so eager to le Port Authority and join Kelly that he wa to forego his NYPD pension, which he to collect while working for the authority collect while working for the NYPD. Co willingly forego pensions, suggesting th be another reason he is leaving. His new job at One Police Plaza: depui commissioner of administration, a posil
5/10/2004
Newsday PAPD boss De Rienzo named deputy commissioner of NYPD
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PAPD boss De Rienzo named deputy commissioner of I NEW YORK, Mar. 30, 2004 - The head of the Port Authority Police Department, Charles De Rienzo, has been named deputy commissioner for administration of the New York Police Department.
"My goal would be to bring all of us i team effort in fighting terrorism in thi terrorists will take a look here and d( is not the place to come," he said.
De Rienzo, who formerly served with the NYPD from 1965 to 1998, said Tuesday night that he will step down on May 1 after two years as superintendent of the 1,653-member Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police force.
De Rienzo began his law enforceme in 1965 as a New York City police ol rose in the ranks to precinct commai later commander of the Police Acadi Recruit Training School.
De Rienzo, who will return to the NYPD in midMay, succeeds Paul J. Browne, now the NYPD's deputy commissioner for public information.
He also helped create the Quality As Division, which audited the departmi operational and administrative syste
"It's like going back to your first love," De Rienzo said. "It's very exciting."
After retiring in 1998 from the 36,50( NYPD, the nation's largest police de De Rienzo served as director of the Frauds Bureau in the state Insuranc Department and as executive direcfr state Athletic Commission.
As head of the PAPD, De Rienzo, 60, was responsible for safety and security of Port Authority facilities, which include John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia and Newark (N.J.) Liberty airports and the Holland and Lincoln tunnels. The Port Authority also owns the World Trade Center site. De Rienzo also served as a liaison with federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies
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A formal announcement of De Rienz was expected within a week. The PAPD's deputy superintendent, J. Plumeri Jr., is tapped to replace C a New York police official told the AF
5/10/2004
Star-Ledger Looking back while pressing ahead at P.A.
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April 25, 2004
Looking back while pressing ahead at P Chairman reflects on first year at agency BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff NEW YORK - Assessing his first year at the helm, Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia says the bistate agency has renewed its focus on its transportation mission and will continue making significant investments in key regional projects despite lagging revenues. Coscia stressed the upcoming challenges a day after being re-elected by the board of directors to a second one-year term. "The agency has really found a sense of direction," said Coscia, 44, appointed to the unpaid board post by Gov. James E. McGreevey. "Our priority ought to be ... to lead in the investment and infrastructure that brings the region together." Coscia has overseen the Port Authority's reopening of the PATH train system's temporary World Trade Center station and Jersey City's
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While most of the bistate agency's focu transportation initiatives, as owner of th former World Trade Center site, the Poi has a major role in the city's commercia estate market and the redevelopment o Manhattan.
Groundbreaking by developer Larry Sil\e 1,776-fo building that will replace the destroyed ' Towers at Ground Zero, is scheduled fc summer. But a start date has not yet be the $2 billion permanent PATH station £ which is being designed by renowned S architect Santiago Calatrava. To widespread acclaim earlier this year Calatrava unveiled his plan for an oblor atrium hub, with two massive winglike c to provide shelter and symbolize rebirth will connect to the city's downtown subv "It's important for us to keep momenturr project going," said Coscia of the Grour
5/10/2004
Star-Ledger Port Authority names a new police chief
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April 23, 2004
Port Authority names a new police chic Department, recovering from 9/11 losses, will focus on anti-terror, anti-crime efforts BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff
Plumeri's new salary was not available, predecessor earned $163,254 in the po
NEW YORK -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has tapped Samuel Plumeri Jr., a former Mercer County sheriff, to be the bistate agency's new police superintendent, effective May 1, officials announced yesterday.
Beginning his law enforcement career £ Trenton patrolman, Plumeri served 12 > Mercer County sheriff. In 2001, he lost i state Senate seat. He now oversees th< intelligence and training programs.
Plumeri, 57, will take command of the roughly 1,640-member force, which has been rebuilt since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He succeeds Charles De Rienzo, who is departing after two years at the helm and will rejoin the New York City Police Department to handle special assignments.
Michael O'Connor, who served as polic the New York City Transit Authority, als named yesterday to fill a new position, i public safety and emergency managem
The PAPD continues to regroup after it lost 37 officers in the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the World Trade Center and a series of retirements afterward. Some 550 new officers have been hired, though the department does not have any immediate plans for a new class of recruits.
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Meanwhile, officials announced they wi ways to increase bus capacity into the I Tunnel from New Jersey during the moi hours. Currently, 62,000 people - about two-tt bus riders - use the exclusive bus lane to 10 a.m., saving upwards of 20 minut<
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Star-Ledger | Port Authority Police chop overtime in half
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Port Authority Police chop overtime in h Department says $43 million spent last year was needed for post-9/11 se A total of 145 officers retired last year, t none of the top 10 overtime earners. Pe generally have been based on an avers The Port Authority Police Department slashed its best three years of officers' salaries, inc overtime by half last year - $43 million - from the overtime pay. record $86 million spent in 2002 after the 9/11 PAPD brass said officers have had a br terrorist attacks, according to agency figures mid-2003 when routine, mandatory ove released yesterday. required after 9/11 - was ended. Office generally were able to return to 40-hour While the $43 million paid to the department's weeks with overtime mostly voluntary. 1,637 officers represents a significant decrease from the 2002 and 2001 payouts, it is the thirdhighest amount ever spent - well above the pre- "Everyone on the department took a ph because of the amount of (mandatory o 9/1 1 record of $29.6 million in 1993 -- following hours we worked for a very long period the first attack on the World Trade Center. said PAPD Police Chief Christopher Tn PAPD officials defended the overtime costs as critical to helping protect the region's three major Trucillo said there are contractual limita the ability of PAPD brass to limit how m airports, the Hudson River crossings, the area's of overtime that officers can work, but h ports and the PATH train system. Additionally, officers appearing too tired for duty at re they pointed to a reduction of 45 percent in would be sent home. crimes including robbery, luggage theft and assault at Port Authority facilities since the end of "They have to be fit for duty," the chief 5 2001. BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff
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The Chief Port Authority Cops Display New Spirit
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Port Authority Cops Display New Spirit Pride in Job Grows By Mark Daly The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed everything for the Port Authority Police Department, said Joseph Morris, the agency's ranking Chief.
Mr. McHale, a member of the FBI's Joi Terrorism Task Force, still is in touch v friends he made at Ground Zero, such ironworkers in New York State's Local invited him to bring his family this sum their annual pic-nic in upstate New Yoi
The scale of the disaster and the strong desire to recover as many While they were still victims as possible reeling from the loss of 37 officers in the drove the Port collapse of the Twin Authority officers to GUS DANESE: excel, sometimes in Towers, the PAPD 'Front line against answered an immediate surprising ways, the terrorism.' need for tighter security Detective said. "There were people at three sprawling airports — Newark, JFK and there who maybe LaGuardia — and began a close monitoring of traffic at the four bridges, two tunnels, and marine were not active as a police officer in terminals in its jurisdiction. terms of arrests, who we had to hit 'More Important Now' them over the head with a pipe to get 'There's a new normalcy to the department now,
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Port Authority Officers Seek Recognition by Sean Gardiner NEW YORK, New York - A year after the Port Authority Police Department suffered the greatest single-day loss in U.S. law-enforcement history, the force has spelled out its name on officers' hats because so many people still don't know who they are. Their baseball-style caps have been changed this summer to read "Port Authority Police," rather than "PAPD." "Last fall, shortly after the event, we went to the 'PAPD' hats and what happened is people kept coming up to us and saying 'Where in Pennsylvania are you from?'" said Port Authority Police Chief Joseph Morris, telling the story with the good humor of a man leading a force used to being overlooked. With just 1,400 members and the unglamorous task of policing airports, tunnels, bridges, bus terminals and a commuter rail system, the PAPD has long worked in the shadow of the 39,000-member NYPD - the world's most renowned force - and the 14,000-member city Fire Department. Port Authority officers and their families thought the death of 37 officers in the Sept. 11 attacks - a greater percentage of their force than the NYPD, which lost 23, or even the FDNY, which had 343 die - would have increased recognition. But many say it seems the tremendous sacrifice has gone largely unnoticed. "People still don't know who we are," said Sonya Houston, whose husband, Officer Uhuru Houston, 32, died in the attacks. "We're like the forgotten child." The slights have come in big and small ways. Houston, 31, left to bring up two children, Hasani, 6, and Hannah, who turns 2 next month, said she was watching TV two months ago and saw an ad for dolls. "I saw that the FDNY has a doll and the NYPD has a doll but not the Port Authority," she said. "It was like, Port Authority, left out again." Perhaps even more disturbingly, a week after hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, where the Port Authority Police were headquartered, a banner unfurled at Battery Park City honored the agencies who lost members. The PAPD was left off. Morris said he attended two counterterrorism summits, one at which the former police chief of Oklahoma City spoke and another where Rockland County's sheriff gave a speech on the attacks. In citing the law-enforcement officers killed, both omitted the Port Authority. At least 14 books about the FDNY and four about the NYPD have been published or are to come out this year. None appear to be in the works on the Port Authority police. On eBay, the Web auction site, all sorts of NYPD and FDNY items are up for bid, including T-shirts, cufflinks, magnets, teddy bears and an NYPD and FDNY Mickey Mouse. Not a single PAPD item is listed. Insp. Barbara McClancy, police commander at Kennedy Airport, bristles when she recalls reports that incorrectly described NYPD Officer Moira Smith as the only female cop to die in the attacks. The body of her friend, Port Authority Capt. Kathy Mazza, was found in the lobby of the north tower. Mazza died trying to carry out a woman PA cops had strapped to a chair. Jeannine Mclntyre and husband Donald, a PAPD officer who died, collected Hummel ceramic figurines. Leafing through a newspaper, she found a company selling NYPD and FDNY Hummels. Thinking it'd be a nice way to remember her husband, she called to inquire if they had one for the PAPD. "What is that?" asked the woman who answered the phone. Mclntyre remembers having a good laugh with her husband after he helped carry a man down from the 65th floor in the 1993 trade center attack and he told of how reporters pushed by him to interview firefighters and city cops. Like other Port Authority Police supporters, Mclntyre said she has no animosity for the amount of attention focused on the FDNY or the NYPD. But after a while, the slights add up. And if the Port Authority cops aren't recognized now, a year after their greatest loss, she said, "I guess they never will."
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Charlie DiRienzo, superintendent of the Port Authority Police, is returning to the NYPD at the behest of his old friend Ray Kelly.
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Recent Columns Q EJ He who speaks last But many city cops may not be so happy to see him. Their fares well union says Kelly and DiRienzo prevented the Port Authority May 7, 2004 from hiring city officers. Q m Kelly's issues with free The Port Authority expanded its force to 1,653 after the press Sept. 11 terror attack, hiring 532 officers, 316 of them from Apr 30, 2004 the NYPD. Then, say union officials in both agencies, Q someone put the kibosh on hiring any more. a Horsing with their In issuing a no-confidence vote against Kelly after he said Officer Richard Neri's shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Brooklyn did not appear to be justified, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch said Kelly had also prevented NYPD cops from joining the Port Authority police.
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Top union officials suspected Kelly and DiRienzo had come H Unconventional surveillance to an arrangement. About 75 to 100 NYPD officers were Apr 9, 2004 subsequently rejected by the authority for medical or psychological reasons, the union officials told Newsday. Top Stories Q la Alan King dies at 76 A top Port Authority official who asked for anonymity said he doubted any such arrangement existed. Q Hi Bush praises Rumsfeld DiRienzo declined to comment. Tony Ciavolella, a Port amid scandal Authority spokesman, would not confirm or deny the number of NYPD cops rejected or say whether they were m Kerry takes for psychological reasons, citing "privacy concerns." Kelly's communion despite stance spokesman, Paul Browne, did not respond to questions about the matter. Q H Slain Chechen president is buried Meanwhile, at One Police Plaza, many note that since returning as commissioner two years ago, Kelly has chosen .._ confidantes who are all civilians, not chiefs. M Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB DiRienzo, 60, appears to be the exception. Kelly and DiRienzo, who served in the department from 1965 to 1998, go back at least two decades to when Kelly ran the 106th Precinct in Queens and
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Chapter 37 of the Police Unity Tour will hold a kickoff ceremony on Sunday, May 9, at the World Trade Center, to begin their annual bicyc the National Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial in Washington, D.C. Between 300 and 400 law enforcement officer representing law enforcement agencies throuc nation will gather, on bicycles, in what has bee largest single fund-raising event for the Memo
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The Memorial, which was created by an Act oCongress, does not receive any public fundinc must rely on private donations. The Memorial, includes the Memorial Walls on which the nan more than 17,000 law enforcement officers wh the line of duty are inscribed, is the one place grateful nation can honor the sacrifices made enforcement officers.
The Port Authority Police Department, which p New York area's three main airports, has the unfortunate distinction of having the most names added to the Memorial Walls in a single y
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Jersey Journal | Former Harrison cop takes reins as chief of Port Authority force
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Former Harrison cop takes reins as chiel Port Authority force By Wendy Mbekelu Journal staff writer February 7, 2004--A former Harrison police officer was sworn yesterday in as the chief of police for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Christopher Trucillo, 47, who served on the force in Harrison for seven years and whose uncle is the chief of police there now, replaces Joseph Morris at the Port Authority, which has its own police department. He left the Harrison department to join the Port Authority as an officer at Newark Liberty International Airport, where he served as chief of special projects. The swearing-in, which included the elevation of a new deputy chief, Anthony Whitaker, was held yesterday at the Port Authority Technical Center in Downtown Jersey City.
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"He's very dedicated to his job and I kn do great," said Cidalia Trucillo. When it came time for Trucillo to addre crowd, he thanked the executive staff £ family for their support. "I pledge to work diligently to lead the department to face the challenges ahe; said. To his fellow officers, he said: "I ask th; care because innocent people's lives d you." Whitaker, who was the commanding of the World Trade Center during the atta September 11, 2001, said he realized f he was to be alive.
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Newark Airport's top cop to lead P.A. pol BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff
The new chiefs duties will include helpi department rein in overtime costs, whic skyrocketed after 9/11, while meeting th agency's security needs.
Christopher Trucillo, the Port Authority's commanding officer at Newark Liberty International Airport, has been named chief of the "There has to be a balance struck," Tru bistate agency's police department. "There aren't unlimited budgets." Trucillo, an 18-year veteran, will replace Chief Joseph Morris, who retired earlier this month after two years at the helm to take a job with a private security firm. "I'm very honored and humbled to be selected for this spot," said Trucillo, 47, who began his law enforcement career in 1978 as a police officer in Harrison. "The object and the goal, as always, is to meet the security needs of all the facilities we police in this dangerous world we live in now." Trucillo, a Port Authority police inspector since August 2002, takes over a force that lost 37 members on Sept. 11, 2001. Since then, the department has seen many of its veteran officers retire and has worked to replenish its ranks by graduating five classes of cadets.
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In 2002, the department's overtime tota record $86 million, up from $73.8 millioi The previous record had been $29.6 mi 1993, the year of the first World Trade ( bombing. Trucillo said he will spend his early day: job visiting officers at the Port Authority' to "do some listening" to their needs an concerns. In addition to Newark Airport, Trucillo hi command assignments at the Port Auth Terminal, the civilian complaint investig and internal affairs. After 9/11, Trucillo helped create a groi assisted family members of Port Author who were killed in the attacks, and he c
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Star-Ledger P.A. police leader to rejoin N.Y. force
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P.A. police leader to rejoin N.Y. force BY RON MARSICO Star-Ledger Staff The superintendent of the Port Authority Police Department is leaving the agency to return to the New York City Police Department, where he spent the bulk of his career, officials said yesterday. Charles De Rienzo, 60, who assumed command of the roughly 1,640-member PAPD in April 2002, will handle special assignments, including overseeing relations between the NYPD and other agencies. De Rienzo spent 33 years with the NYPD, beginning as a police officer in 1965. Deputy Superintendent Samuel Plumeri Jr., a former longtime Mercer County sheriff, is a leading candidate to be named the PAPD's new superintendent. But Tony Ciavolella, a Port Authority spokesman, said no decision has been reached on De Rienzo's successor. "I'm going to be working directly with Commissioner (Raymond) Kelly," said De Rienzo,
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"He came to the Port Authority following events of Sept. 1 1 , 2001 , and was imm> charged with the tasks of rebuilding a p that endured considerable loss, ensurin safety of the public at all Port Authority and maintaining the security of the ager infrastructure," Ciavolella said. Over the last two years, De Rienzo, is $163,254, helped rebuild the force, w hovering around 1 ,300 officers when he over. Many of those officers have since "We've hired 550 new people. We've hz tremendous amount of new training," s£ Rienzo, explaining those efforts include counterterrorism initiatives and emergei services preparation. "I feel good about the things we've done over the past few Slowly, the department is continuing to footing after 9/11, said the superintends "As much as we'll always remember the losses ... the department is moving on," Rienzo.
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