PHOTOS: Bloomfield Cop Card Winners

The Bloomfield Police Department has announced the winners of the 2015 Cop Card program.

The baseball-card-style giveaways each feature an individual BPD officer or iconic police image, such as the department’s current patrol car, the Ford Interceptor.

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Students (grade K-6) in the Bloomfield Public Elementary School District and St. Thomas School who collected the most cards in the set were eligible to win prizes.

The lucky grand prize winners were awarded new bicycles and helmets, the complete Cop Card Poster and their own Cop Card picture. [See above photos]

According to a release, officers and officials at the BPD were “very satisfied” with the positive feedback they received from the community.

“It turned out that the cop card program was not only a tool to build officer and youth interaction and relationships, but it also helped to build self confidence in students, introduce new customers to businesses, and served as a fun activity for parents and kids,” the release stated.

Sponsoring and participating individuals/organizations included: Brookdale Shoprite and all of our local business sponsors, Neil Greenstein and Vincent Marchesini, Banc Pero, Vince Sculli and Choice Marketing, National Sportswear, Program Administrator Amy Brundage, BoE Liaison Margaret Contaldi, The Fischman Family, The Clark Avenue Crew, the Principals Teachers and Staff at the participating schools, Police Director Samuel DeMaio, Sgt Anthony Servedio, Det. Sgt George Ricci, Officer Hector Nunez, Sgt Naomi Zepeda, Officer Devin Lopez, Officer Cicetti, Officer Singerline, EMS Captain Fred Menzel, Captain James Decker (Ret.)

Photos courtesy of the Bloomfield Police Department