By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, January 17, 1992
The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | Page B08
The leadership of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association changes hands Saturday when Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Vincent R. Arfuso is sworn as the group’s new president.
Arfuso, 59, takes over from Waldwick Police Chief Daniel Lupo. He joined the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police in 1960 and became chief 11 years ago.
Arfuso, a lifelong resident of Fort Lee, said he went into law enforcement to contribute to the public and to his community. He said his goal as president of the chiefs association would be to improve the education of law enforcement officials.
Lupo, 60, said he felt he was productive in his year at the helm.
“I relinquish the gavel to a very competent and worthy man,” he said. “My goal was to develop a stronger relationship between police and the community, and I think we accomplished that. We serve the public, and that is something we must never forget.”
The chiefs association acts as liaison to local police departments in the county and deals with other county agencies, including the Police and Fire Academy of Bergen County. The association also raises funds to help families of law enforcement officials.
East Rutherford Police Chief Gilbert Logatto, who is to be sworn as first vice president on Saturday, is in line to become president next year.
At the ceremony, which takes place at 7 p.m. at The Fiesta in Wood-Ridge, Florio is expected to sign a bill that would provide better survivor benefits to spouses of municipal police and firefighters.
Under the bill, passed recently by the Legislature, spouses of firefighters and officers who die in the line of duty would receive 50 percent of their salary at the time of death, an increase from 35 percent.
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