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Princeton Borough Police
Department
Meet the Officers - Page
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Below are pictures of officers who volunteered to have their photos on
our web site. Included with their picture is a brief history of their work as police
officers while working for this department. Not all officers are listed. |
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Due to the number of officers listed in this section of the site, it
became necessary to break this page into 2 parts to reduce the download time. Below is
part 1. Click here for part 2
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Chief Anthony Federico |
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Chief Anthony Federico,
Badge #83, was
appointed Chief on February 1, 2005. He has
been a member of the Princeton Borough Police Dept. since January 1980.
Over his career, he has worked as a patrol officer, patrol sergeant and
operations lieutenant and Captain. He received his bachelor's degree from the
University of Dayton in 1976 and he is a graduate of the 184th session
of the
FBI National Academy.
Click here to email Chief Federico |
Lieutenant David Dudeck |
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Lieutenant
David Dudeck,
Badge #90, has been a member of the Princeton Borough Police Department
since October 1983. He has been a detective, juvenile officer, patrol
officer, patrol sergeant and detective sergeant. He is currently the
departments Operations Lieutenant. Lt. Dudeck received a bachelor’s degree
from Trenton State College
and has attended graduate courses at
Seton Hall University. Lt. Dudeck has coached varsity high school football in the community
for 17 years and is currently the head football coach at the
Hun
School of Princeton.
Click here to email Lt. Dudeck |
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Lieutenant Nicholas Sutter |
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Lt. Nicholas
Sutter,
Badge #117, has been with the Princeton Borough Police Department since
1995. He currently serves as the department’s Administrative Lieutenant. He has
been a patrolman, patrol sergeant and detective sergeant prior to his
promotion to lieutenant. Lt. Sutter is a graduate of The West Point Command and
Leadership Program, and the
FBI National Academy.
Lt. Sutter is both a firearms,
special weapons, and PR24 instructor for the
department. He received his bachelor's degree from
Kean College
in
1993. Lt. Sutter is enrolled in the master’s program at
Fairleigh Dickinson University. Lt. Sutter
was chosen
Officer of the Year
for 1997. Click here to email Lt. Sutter |
Lieutenant Sharon Papp |
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Lieutenant
Sharon Papp, Badge
#112,
has been a member of the Princeton Borough Police Department since August
1993. She was promoted to Lieutenant in January of 2007 and was the
first female Sgt. and Lt. in the history of the department. She is currently in charge of
the patrol division. Lt. Papp was chosen
Officer of the Year in 1996. Lt. Papp previously worked in the
Safe Neighborhood Unit, and as a Field Training Officer for new
officers. She previously worked for the Mercer County Prosecutors Office as
a Detective, and Mercer County Sheriffs Department as a Sheriff's Officer.
Lt. Papp graduated from
Seton Hall University with a Masters degree,
Rider University with a Bachelors degree, and the
Hun School of Princeton. Lt. Papp is also a graduate of the West
Point Command and Leadership Program. Click here to
email Lt. Papp |
Sergeant Robert Currier |
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Sgt.
Robert Currier,
Badge #93, has been a member of the Princeton Borough Police Department
since June 1986. He is currently assigned as the Traffic Safety Unit
supervisor. He is a graduate of the West Point Command & Leadership School.
Prior to becoming an officer, Sgt. Currier was a Military Police Officer
with the U.S. Air Force
for 4 years. He is one of only three officers to have been awarded the
departments Medal of Honor.
Click here to email Sgt.
Currier |
Detective Sergeant Christopher Quaste |
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Det. Sgt. Christopher Quaste,
Badge #103, has been a member of the department since April 1988. He
is the departments radar instructor, a firearms instructor, a field training
officer for new officers, received tactical response and counter-sniper
training, and is an advanced
accident investigator. After serving as a Detective for 2 1/2 years,
he was assigned as a Patrol Sergeant for 3 years. He is currently the
supervisor for the four-officer Detective Bureau. He was a
member of the Safe Neighborhood Unit and
was Officer of the year in 1994.
Prior to working for the department, Det. Sgt. Quaste spent four years in the U.S. Air Force as a military police officer.
Click here to email
Det. Sgt. Quaste |
Sergeant Steve Riccitello |
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Sgt. Steve Riccitello,
Badge #98, has been with the Princeton Borough Police Department since
September 1986. During his career he has been given many special
assignments. They include patrol, D.A.R.E.
and Adopt-a-cop programs, bicycle patrol,
heading the Safe Streets program, instructing shoplifting prevention
seminars for the Princeton area merchants, and many more. In 1993, he
was chosen "Officer of the Year".
Currently, Officer Riccitello is a Sergeant with the Patrol
Division. Prior to working for the dept., Officer Riccitello earned a bachelor of fine
arts degree from the
School of Visual Arts
in N.Y.C.
Click here to email Sgt. Riccitello |
Sergeant Kevin Creegan |
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Sergeant Kevin Creegan,
Badge #105, was
originally hired as a civilian dispatcher in November 1987 and then he became a Patrol
Officer in January 1989. He spent several years in the detective
bureau before he was promoted to Sergeant in October 2005. He is currently assigned to the
Patrol Division and is in charge of a squad of patrol officers. Sgt. Creegan is a
field training officer for new officers, and is one of the four officers on the
department who are certified E.M.T.’s. He has received training in
tactical response and was a 911 dispatcher. Sgt. Creegan was chosen
Officer of the Year for 2004. He
has a Bachelors Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson
University.
Click here to email Sgt. Creegan |
Sergeant Kenneth Riley |
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Sergeant Kenneth Riley,
Badge #109, has
been a member of the department since January 1991. Det. Riley spent
several years in the patrol division and several years in the Safe
Neighborhood Unit, as well as a year in the Detective Bureau. Sgt. Riley has run the departments "adopt-a-cop"
and D.A.R.E. programs. Prior to working for the department,
Sgt. Riley received his Bachelors degree in history from
Glassboro State College.
He has a Masters Degree in education from Seton
Hall University. Sgt. Riley was chosen Officer
of the Year for 2000. Click here to
email Sgt. Riley |
Sergeant Jon Bucchere |
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Sergeant Jon Bucchere,
Badge #123, has been a member of the department since December, 1999.
Sgt. Bucchere spent time in the patrol division, Safe Neighborhood
Unit for 1 1/2 years, and then to the Detective Bureau. While in the
patrol division, he was a a field training officer for new officers. Sgt. Bucchere
was also a
D.A.R.E. instructor. Sgt. Bucchere is
currently assigned to the patrol division. Sgt. Bucchere has a Bachelor of
Science degree from The College of New Jersey in Law & Justice.
In 2003, he was chosen the Officer
of the Year.
Click here to email Sgt. Bucchere |
Acting Sergeant/Detective Michael Bender |
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Detective Michael
Bender, Badge #104, has been a member of the department since June 1988.
He spent 11 years in the patrol division, where he was a field training
officer for new officers, five years in the
Safe Neighborhood Unit, and four years in the Detective Bureau. He
is currently assigned to the Patrol Division In 1998, he was chosen
"Officer of the Year". He also designed and built this web
site. Detective Bender received his bachelor's degree from
Roger Williams University in 1987.
Click here to email Det. M. Bender |
Patrol Officer James Martinez |
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Patrol Officer James Martinez,
Badge #114,
has been a member of the department since January 1994. He is currently assigned to the
patrol division. Officer Martinez received his bachelors degree from Rutgers University in
1994. He also spent 4 years with the U.S. Marine Corps (reserves) as a squad leader in the
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