Newly Promoted Officers Sworn In

Eight Officers were sworn in at a Mayor and Council meeting Tuesday as they were promoted to new positions within the department.

Paramus Police Chief Christopher Brock congratulated the officers on their promotions.

"Time to get to work," he told them.

The full list of promotions is as follows: 

• Det. David Lagrone to Sergeant
• Officer Stephen Klink to Sergeant
• Officer Frank Piserchia to Sergeant
• Officer Michael Guglielmo to Sergeant
• Sgt. John Scully to Patrol Lieutenant
• Sgt. David Angelucci to Patrol Lieutenant
• Sgt. Salvatore Laferlita to Patrol Lieutenant
• Patrol Lt. Brian Goggin to Captain

The council approved all but one of the promotions by a vote of 5-0-1, with Councilman Alan Brundage abstaining, as he does on most police matters since he is a Bergen County Police lieutenant. Councilwoman Cathy Bentz abstained from the vote promoting Michael Guglielmo, her son-in-law.

Afterward, Bentz's husband, former Paramus Police Det. Sgt. John Bentz asked the Council to promote another officer: Rachel Morgan, who was in February. Bentz, who was also shot in the line of duty while he was an officer, asked the Council to promote Morgan to the next available detective opening.

Michael Cebulski, president of Police Benevolent Association Local 186, a union representing the Paramus Police Department, asked the Mayor and Council for the same in a letter he .

Ambulance Corps Now Division of Emergency Medical Services

The Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that would rehash the Paramus Ambulance Corps as the Division of Emergency Medical Services under the Police Department.

Police Chief Christopher Brock would have oversight over Ambulance Chief Linda Menhinick and the entire division.

The change is in keeping with other structural changes advocated by Borough Administrator Joseph D'Arco, said Councilman Eric Nazziola. Having the ambulance service under the police department will allow each emergency service to be better coordinated, he said.

"It's in keeping with what we've been doing all along, at least since I've been on the Council," said Nazziola, the Council's liaison to the Ambulance Corps.

Another effect of the ordinance is to further distinguish the Borough's professional ambulance service from the , an independent organization that is often confused with the municipal group.

"The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Core is distinct, entirely independent from the Borough of Paramus and we want people to know that," he said.