Law Enforcement Dinner
at Elks Lodge

More than 90 people attended the Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner last night at the Newark Elks lodge. they represented local police departments, 911 dispatch and STOP DWI, probation and corrections, child protective, State Police (including Trooper Jennifer Post), Sheriff's Dept., District Attorney's office, town and village judges, town and village boards. (Wayne County DA Rick Healy and Sheriff Dick Pisciotti are pictured.)

State Senator Mike Nozzolio was the guest speaker. He is the chairman of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Corrections Committee. According to Nozzolio, during Governor George Pataki's first term in office, the overall crime rate in New York State dropped by 28 percent. The state has: