Hard as it might be for some to believe, veteran police officer Don Nicoletti considered resigning a few months ago from the annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive that he helped launch 27 years ago.
That changed amid a rising tide of negative media portrayals of law enforcement — and an equal increase in the enthusiasm of local police officers to help ill and needy children.
“It kills me when I put on the news and I see how people treat the cops,” he told Daily Voice. “In lieu of everything that’s happening out there, something like this deserves everyone’s attention — ours and the public’s.”
Nicoletti, who recently became a school resource officer in Lodi after a decades-long career in Closter, got a boost from several East Bergen departments — Cliffside Park, Fairview, Palisades Park and Ridgefield Park — who enlisted in the campaign. READ MORE….
