I know you are not a big fan of Lieutenant Campellone; however,
he has done many great things for our community. He is the senior most Lieutenant within our
police department. When he was a
Sergeant, he took the Community Policing Unit from a touchy, feely unit to a
unit that actually addressed community issues and solved problems.
His biggest ‘fault’
was that he did not have political connections within our township. Despite this, he continued to provide
professional police service to all members of the community, not just to those
connected to the Mayor and his political associates.
Despite being given
some of the most difficult tasks to perform, he did so with professionalism and
compassion. He never sought recognition
for his service to the community and never responded poorly when those above
him in the department took credit for his work.
When he took the
Sergeant’s test for promotion another politically protected member of the force
was caught cheating. Was that
person disciplined for cheating?? NO! He was promoted to detective!! All the
while, Lieutenant Campellone continued to provide professional service to our
community despite seeing the injustice and political patronage within our
police department.
His father is not a
township councilman, so he was not protected or given ANY special attention. He
continued to do his job, despite the injustice of constantly seeing another
Lieutenant who continually got in trouble, embarrassed our police department
and was thrown out of several county events due to his conduct to be rewarded
with no responsibility and no accountability.
In fact, Lieutenant Campellone was paid less than a
Sergeant until this other Lieutenant was promoted. Then all of a sudden there was $15,000.00
additional for each Lieutenant. When
another Lieutenant who was protected by the higher ups continued to perform
poorly, Lieutenant Campellone was given additional responsibility within the
community so that this Lieutenant who continues to perform poorly could
concentrate on not police related public relations events. These events only occur once or twice a year,
so we continue to pay him over $100,000.00 the rest of the year to prepare for
these small events. Lieutenant
Campellone continued to maintain his professionalism despite the growing
political interference within our department.
Now because of a poorly
managed police department, there is yet another financial shortfall. Do the higher ups take into consideration
Lieutenant Campellone’s dedicated service to our community? No!! Instead, they
look for a way to force him out of the department as he is one of the few
higher up commanders in our department without political connections!! Instead
of rewarding him for his dedicated service, or showing that his seniority in
rank meant anything, they transferred him to permitted midnight shift. The senior most Lieutenant was given the
worst job in the police department!
Congratulations Mr.
Harran and Mr. Ponticelli, you have redefined police work in our
community. Professionalism and
dedication no longer matter, what matters are does your father holds office, or
do you have dirt on the higher ups.
You will be missed
Lieutenant TJ Campellone. The burden now
rest on those most unprepared or unwilling to serve our community.
Let’s see if you will post this!
As
for you Haman and Nabal………………
DOES THIS MAKE YOU HAPPY NOW!!!!
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