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JERSEY FRESH: Majority Of 109 New Port Authority Police Officers Hail From NJ JERSEY FRESH: Majority Of 109 New Port Authority Police Officers Hail From NJ
Jersey Fresh: Majority Of 109 New Port Authority Police Officers Hail From NJ More than 100 cadets officially became Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers with a joyous graduation ceremony in Middlesex County that followed a somber remembrance in lower Manhattan. The 109 graduates of the 122nd Port Authority Police Academy class push the total workforce of the bi-state agency past 2,000 in all. And a majority of those boots come from New Jersey. The Garden State produced 59 of the new officers and New York 50, officials said following the class' graduation at St. Joseph's High School in Metuchen on Thursday, Jan. 4. It's a slim margin but a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest HERO: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest
Hero: Courageous Port Authority PD Recruit Who Returned To Training With Cancer Laid To Rest Port Authority police turned out in force Wednesday, joined by other members of the law enforcement community, to lay to rest a courageous PAPD recruit who valiantly returned to training while fighting cancer -- only to have it take his life. Michael Joseph Kelly, 31, was originally a member of the 115th Port Authority Police Academy Recruit Training Class in 2017 but had to withdraw after having emergency colon surgery, colleagues said. He nonetheless “displayed incredible courage, strength and determination battling his illness and returned as a member of the 117th Recruit Training Class”…

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by Jerry DeMarco