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The North Bergen Police Department is proud to announce that thirteen of its recruits have successfully graduated from the Passaic County Police Academy and have joined the department as police officers. On Thursday, February 9, 2006, the recruits were given their oath of honor my Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco during a congratulatory ceremony within North Bergen Township Hall chambers. The addition of these recruits brings the total number of sworn law enforcement officers to 121.

The newly graduated officers attended a basic recruit training class for 24 weeks. During their time as recruits, they were exposed to a wide variety of subjects ranging from New Jersey Criminal Law to Firearms Training. The new officers successfully passed a series of examinations on the various lectures they received throughout their stay at the academy. The academy also required that the recruits participate in a vigorous physical training and conditioning program. In addition, they were put through a battery of police field problems, which tested their abilities to think and function as police officers. These were often hands-on problems that required the recruits to conduct interviews and take reports, search and arrest subjects, operate emergency equipment, and engage in building searches and shooting scenarios.

Congratulations and good luck to officers Santos R. Benitez, Daniel Brown, David J. Dowd, Diego Estrada, Marcelo Mancero, Edgar J. Mendez, Brian O'Neill, Javier Perez, Carmen M. Recinos, Roberto G. Ruiz, Jorge E. Tronza, Alexander Vazquez, and Michael K. Vitali.

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