1st
Viee
P)-esident
PATRICK
FERRAlUOLO
FellowCaptains,Iwouldliketowishyouandy
our
familiesahap!
y
andhcalrhvNew
Year,
Asweenter2
007
,Iwant
to
cxpr'.
S
hm\'e
xtr
emelycarer
and
excitedIurntobegiventheprestigious
honor
ofserving
Cap
rainasyournew
I
.rVicePreidcnr.
My25
yearsofeXIcricnccworkinginthejails
h
a
~
givenme
insight
astohowextremelydifficultaCaptain'spo.irionis.
1\5
yournew
l
sr
VP,
I
amfully
released
toperf
orm
Unionactivities.This
will
allowme
ro
focus
myenergy100percentoithetimeonhelpingmycllowCaptains.Manyofyoumaynorhe
awarethatfivcoftheC
'1\
ExecutiveBoardpoition:arcnor
011
fullrirne
rei
';1S(,
anIarc
actuallyasigncd
W
w
ork
inv
ar
iouscommands.
Havings:
id
rhar,
rememberrharyourentireExcurivcBoardremainsfullycommitted
to
servingeachandevery
OIlC
ofyou,nomatterwhar.Throughoutmy
y
-arsofworkingwithrhc
union
bothPeter
and
Ronniehavetaughtmemanyvaluablelessons.I've[carrieItonevers
top
fightingforaCaptain'srights,andthatcredibility
i.
an
extr
emelyimportant
3S,
C
t.
Istrongly
believeinalway.tellingaCaptaintheabsoluterrurh,gooJorbad.
For
thepastseven
and
:1
half
years,
I've
seen
assistingourUnionarrornev:atpretrial
0
\THhearingswhichstemfrornnCaptainreceivingaMemorandumofComplninr.Believemewhen
1tellyouthatthisisoneof
the
mostdifficultjobs
to
accomplihwithoutallowine
your
emo
rions
to
getinrhe
way.
However,therean:timesrharImustbethevoiceofreason.Mymain
objectiveduringthese
pro
ceedingis
roensure
that
ca
hand
.vcry,;1pwinreceive.
fullrep
rescnrarion.
and
that
:H
the
end
oftheday,theCaptain'sjoh
and
rank;
1I"
eprotectd.
Remem
ber
;ta
king
can
:
oi
our
familicis
p
ar
amo
unt
.
Times
hav
ech
anged
,
and
we
mustneverforgerthatthejobisdifferentthanitwas
10
years
;)
'0.
Alwaysuscyourheadwhen
engagingin
any
typeof
sirunrion
during
your
tour
.I
also
W;lI1t
to
remind
you
of
C
apr
,A.Henderson'uscand
the
unnecessary
ago
nytheDepartment
and
Br
onx
Dt\ar
putting
herthrough.Wewillcontinuerofightforheruntilwearevictorious.TheBoarIremainsfully
c
omm
ittedtoeach
and
everyCaptain.
Letmeclose
by
sayingrhnrI
wi.
hPeterMcringolothebestofluckinhisretirement.He
servedournionandmernbcrshiwellinhisrcrrnasPresident.I'msure
YI)U
alljoinmein
sendinghimourbestasheheginsanewphacoflife.
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from
students
who
will
graduatethis
spring,
andwho
will
be
applying
for
a
CCA
Scholarship,
MUST
be
received
at
the
CCA
office
by
the
close
of
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on
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1,
2007.
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