Local News - Mullica police promote 3, hire 1 part-time officer
Three Mullica Township police officers received promotions last week from the Township Committee to fill the vacancies left by two retiring officers, and another part-time police officer was hired.
Brian Zeck, 38, of Sweetwater, was promoted from detective to sergeant. Erik Carricarte, 33, of Stafford, was promoted from.....Continue Reading
patrol officer to corporal. Anthony Trivelli, 44, of Mullica, was promoted from the patrol division to the detective bureau. Ryan Spencer, 23, of Galloway, became a special class II officer.
Mullica Police Chief Paul Register swore in the officers at the Sept. 28 meeting, and he praised them all for being a "master of himself" and having "vision, passion, conscience and discipline." The police department has 12 full-time officers and two part-time officers.
Mayor Michael St. Amour praised the Police Department for its work, even though it is short-staffed at times, and he said they are doing "a tremendous job."
Zeck started working for Mullica in 1999 as a patrol officer, and he has served as a traffic safety officer, domestic violence liaison, emergency management assistant and juvenile officer. Zeck said he looks forward to "continuing what he's been doing" in his new position.
Carricarte started working for Mulllica in 2004 as a patrol officer, and he has moved up in the division by joining the bike patrol and becoming a traffic field officer.
Trivelli has been with the Mullica police for 16 years, and he will work on cases that require a detective, such as burglaries, thefts and sexual assaults.
Spencer said working for Mullica Township will be his second police job. He previously worked as a summer police officer in North Wildwood.
Spencer said he is interested in law enforcement since it runs in the family. His father, Kevin Spencer, is a retired Galloway Township police chief and his mother, Alane Spencer, is a lieutenant for the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
"I'm excited - it's going to open doors, hopefully to a full-time position," Spencer said.
The police sergeant earns $77,316 per year, the corporal earns $70,036 per year, the detective bureau assignment includes a $1,000 additional annual stipend and the special class II officer will get $12 per hour, Dawn Stollenwerk, the Mullica chief financial officer, wrote in an e-mail.
At the same meeting, township officials "retired" the handguns for Sgt. Raymond Aquino and Sgt. James T. Galvin, both of whom served the township for about 25 years. Township officials also approved paying Aquino $31,780 for eight frozen vacation days, 19 frozen sick days, 60.25 current vacation days and 157 compensatory hours.
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