EDISON — The Edison Police Department has five new lieutenants and 10 new sergeants who fill vacancies in the department's ranks. Promoted from sergeant to lieutenants were Robert Dudash Jr., Jason Gerba, Brian Maurath, Keith Stein and Frank Todd. Promoted from patrolman to sergeant are Theodore Hamer, Joseph Luistro, Mark Metzing, Brian Mieczkowski, Raymond Powers, William Revill, David Stern,...
EDISON -- The Edison Police Department has five new lieutenants and 10 new sergeants who fill vacancies in the department's ranks.
Promoted from sergeant to lieutenants were Robert Dudash Jr., Jason Gerba, Brian Maurath, Keith Stein and Frank Todd. Promoted from patrolman to sergeant are Theodore Hamer, Joseph Luistro, Mark Metzing, Brian Mieczkowski, Raymond Powers, William Revill, David Stern, David Tingle, Douglas Turner, and Karl Van Bree.
Some of the new officers have had family members in the Edison Police Department. Dudash is the son of retired Edison police Lt. Robert Dudash Sr. Gerba is the son of retired Edison police Deputy Chief Ronald Gerba and Brian Mieczkowski is the son of retired Chief George Mieczkowski.
"These promotions are essential to ensure that our department operates with greater efficiency and that officers, on patrol and in our investigative units, have the most conscientious, professional supervision possible," Chief Thomas Bryan said Thursday when the promotion ceremony was held.
The promotions were based on strict new criteria and examination procedures the township implemented in 2014, said Mayor Thomas Lankey, who also serves as public safety director, said. Edison's 184-officer police force last made promotions in 2013.
"Our newly implemented promotion criteria and testing process ensures that the officers promoted today are well-qualified for their new duties," Lankey said.
With the promotions the department will have 16 lieutenants and 23 sergeants, officials said.
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