New Hackensack Police Officers Bring Know-How, Dedication

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Two decorated officers who'd been laid off from county jobs earlier this year were sworn in Monday as Hackensack police officers.

New Hackensack Officers Peter Bongiovanni, Stanislav Tovbin
Photo Credit: *COURTESY: Hackensack PD*

Jerry DeMarco

10/23/2017 2:48 p.m.

Officers Peter Bongiovanni and Stanislav Tovbin both have several years of police experience between them.

Bongiovanni was with South Hackensack's force when he and fellow Officer John Clark -- covering their faces with towels -- evacuated a burning spa on Route 46, getting all patrons and employees out safely.

SEE: https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/officers-honored-for-bravery-by-the-200-club-of-bergen-county/627672/bergen/948-17-fire-squads-respond-to-massive-route-46-blaze

Tovbin, meanwhile, helped rescue a trio of hikers who became lost in the upper lake area of the Ramapo Reservation in Mahwah several years ago.

SEE: https://mahwah.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/hikers-lost-on-ramapo-reservation-rescued/636435/

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