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Fair Lawn Police Officers

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Police Announce Hiring of 3 Fair Lawn High School Grads

Fair Lawn will swear in its three newest police officers at a council meeting in January and expects them to be on the road in town by October 2013.

Fair Lawn Police Chief Erik Rose announced Thursday the hiring of the borough's three newest police officers, all of whom are borough natives with strong ties to the community. Fair Lawn High School graduates Christopher O'Shaughnessy (Class of 2000), Nicholas Snyder (Class of 2002) and John Rovetto (Class of 2005) will be sworn in as borough police officers at the Jan. 15 council meeting, before shipping off to the Bergen County Police Academy three days later, Rose said. The new hires, who were brought on in anticipation of multiple officers retiring over the next few years, should hit the road as full-fledged members of the force in October 2013. O’Shaughnessy, 30, whose older brother Timothy is a Fair Lawn police detective, served six …

Dorothy Kilgallen

2:04 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012

Now if we could get the fellas with 700 years service to retire.......and their ridiculous lawsuits to go away........we will be in great shape.   more ›

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Police Officers Juan Rodriguez, Luke Hintzen Sworn In

The addition of the new officers brings Fair Lawn's police force level to 56

Flanked by family and friends, both new and old, Juan Rodriguez and Luke Hintzen were sworn in as Fair Lawn police officers at Tuesday night's borough council meeting. Both men worked previously for the Paterson Police Department. Rodriguez, 33, who took the oath standing beside his wife, Vanessa, and their son Christian, 4, is an Afghanistan war veteran. He was born, raised and still resides in Paterson with his family, and was a patrolman on Paterson's police force for four years. Prior to becoming a police officer, Rodriguez served four years in the Army, one of which he spent deployed to Afghanistan. He has a degree in Criminal Justice from Passaic County Community College. Hintzen, 26, is a native of Fair Lawn, who currently lives in …

MATH Wiz

10:23 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Rerite 6..Layoffs 4..re-hire 1 ..appoint 2= minus7.   more ›

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