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The Guardian Chronicle Three A.I.U Investigators Promoted To NYCD Captain: Lonnie Brown, Sharon Ray, and Thomas Summers Story by Thomas Summers- NYCD Captain MAY 14, 2004 WAS A JOYFUL DAY AS MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT LEVELS OF THEIR CAREERS IN THE DEPARTMENT.  THE CEREMONY BEGAN WITH THE INVOCATION FROM REVEREND ERIC P. BROWN WHOM ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY TO START AN EVENT. CORRECTION OFFICER KEVIN JOHNSON INTRODUCED THE DAIS. COMMISSIONER MARTIN F. HORN DELIVERED THE WELCOME ADDRESS TO ALL THE PROMOTEES, APPOINTEES, AND TO THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. COMMISSIONER MARTIN F. HORN STRESSED THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD PERFORM ARE DUTIES WITH INTEGRITY AND THAT THE MEDIA CANNOT COMPARE THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION WITH TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS IN IRAQ. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ALAN VENGERSKY SWORN IN ALL OF THE CIVILIAN APPOINTEES, AND UNIFORMED PROMOTEES. KATHLEEN COUGHLIN WAS SWORN IN TODAY AS AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR DISCHARGE PLANNING WHOM HAS AN EXTENSIVE CAREER IN MANAGEMENT OF ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS. I'M SURE SHE BE AN ASSET OUR AGENCY. THERE WERE THREE OTHER CIVILIAN APPOINTEES IN THE POSITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, ARTHUR HARRIS, ERIK BERLINER, AND UMAR ADBUL-JALIL. UMAR ABDUL-JALIL IS THE ONE THAT STANDS OUT THE MOST  TO ME BECAUSE HE IS AN IMAM, A FATHER, A GRANDFATHER, A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND A PERSONAL FRIEND WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR MY FAMILY AND MY CORRECTION'S FAMILY. THE UNIFORMED PROMOTEES STARTED WITH THE WARDENS, LIONEL LORQUET WHO HAS SHOWN THE DEPARTMENT THAT HE IS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAD A LONG RIDE BUT FINALLY HE GOT HIS DUE. CONGRATULATIONS TO WARDEN BRIAN RIORDAN A STAND UP MANAGER, ROBERT SHAW A TENURE MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND DEPUTY WARDEN IN COMMAND NANCY ACEVEDO. THE UNIFORMED PROMOTEES TO CAPTAIN BROUGHT A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO THE RANK OF SUPERVISOR WHO HAS A VAST KNOWLEDGE OF DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT SUCH AS INVESTIGATION, INTAKE AND COURT PROCEDURE, PROGRAMS, MEDICAL PROCEDURE, PUNITIVE SEGREGATION, AND EMERGENCY SERVICE UNIT. CHIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT ROBERT N  DAVOREN ADDRESSED ALL OF THE PROMOTEES AND STRESSED TO TREAT PEOPLE THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED AND TO LEARN FROM THE TENURED MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY. PETER MERINGOLO, PRESIDENT OF CORRECTION CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION  AND SIDNEY SCHRAWTBAUM PRESIDENT OF THE ASSISTANT/ DEPUTY WARDENS CONGRATULATED ALL THE APPOINTEES AND PROMOTEES. CORRECTION OFFICER LEOPOLD CHRISTIE PERFORMED A MUSICAL  SELECTION ON HIS HORN AND OH HOW BEAUTIFUL IT SOUNDED. REVEREND BROWN CONDUCTED THE BENEDICTION AND THAT CONCLUDED THE CEREMONY. The Guardian Chronicle will continue to provide media leadership by covering the NYCD Promotions because our readers need to know about the great men and women behind the walls of Rikers who protect this great city every day!  Stay tuned in for the upcoming May 28, 2004 Correction Officer Graduation!  Over 300 of New York's Boldest ready to patrol the world's toughest Jails! New York's Boldest

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