Deal Police Sponsor Supervision Course For Local Cops
 Members from the Deal, Allenhurst and Ocean township police departments recently completed a supervision course sponsored by the Deal Police Department. |
A special Proactive Police Supervision Course was recently sponsored by the Deal police department in which officers from various towns improved their legal, management and leadership skills.
The training course is designed primarily for police supervisors or officers showing promise to become supervisors. Its the kind of training we think is essential to bring our force up to the highest standards, said Borough Administrator James Rogers.
The course, given by the Law Enforcement Training Associates, consists of five, eight-hour classes which began February 27 and ended April 17.
The courses were held in the Deal Borough Hall and funded by the borough. Nine officers from Deal, three from Allenhurst, two from Ocean Township, and three from Rumson took the course.
Rogers said the course allows officers to go beyond the police educational levels established by the states attorney generals office.
Having officers from other towns attend also develops a mutual friendship with other departments, he said.
Mayor Harry Franco called the course a dynamic seminar.
I was awed and flabbergasted by the knowledge of both instructors and I hope the course will bring us up to a first-rate police department, he said.
Deal Police Captain Stephen Carasia also described the course as incredible and said his police department appreciated taking it.
It was outstanding for us with the knowledge and experience they brought and it is good for our organization, he said.
Carasia said the classes focused on many issues, including case law, principles of leadership, communication, stress management, domestic violence, cultural diversity and police ethics.
It certainly improved the general knowledge of the police department. This knowledge and experience will help our supervisory skills and allow for better interaction with the public, he said.
Carasia said the course also allows the police department to remain at the forefront in this type of training.
Hopefully we will have other courses in the future, perhaps in the fall, he said.
The course was given by two former police officers, Denis Connell and Domenick Varricchio.
Connell is a 34-year veteran in the police profession and is police chief in Clark. He serves on the instructional staff of seven regional training academies in New Jersey and is an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University.
Varricchio is a retired lieutenant with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey with more than 30 years of experience in the law enforcement profession. He, too, is an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University.
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