pro·mo·tion (pr

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Noun

The act of promoting or the fact of being promoted; advancement.
Encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance.

The opportunities to advance rank within a police department or any military or Para-military organization can never be understated for purposes of public safety, good order and morale within an organization.

There are presently at least nine openings for promotional opportunities within the rank for Police Sergeant and one for Police Lieutenant in the Atlantic City Police Department.

Bob Levy ran on the backs of the Atlantic City Police Officers and said he would support them and their difficult jobs if they would endorse his fraudulent campaign for Mayor.

Levy lied, as usual, and immediately screwed them by not settling their police contract as he said he would do "on day one".

Now, Levy is sticking it to the Police again.

Currently within the Atlantic City Police Department, there is a move afoot to stifle promotions to higher rank by the Acting-Chief, John Mooney, Dominick Cappella and by way of a rubber-stamp, Bob Levy, aka: Robert W. Levy, Sr.

One of the worst and most destructive ways a political entity can obstruct a good police force, is to politically interfere with the natural order of a police organization.

The state of New Jersey, in an act of infinite wisdom, clearly delineated responsibilities for political officials and those for police officials within the law.

In Atlantic City, these clear delineations are being intentionally blurred by corrupt political and certain other police officials working with them.

Police promotions are not just a means to pin more gold emblems or to increase the yearly salaries of certain police officers.

The real issue of promotional advancement is about good order. It's about leadership and it's about real structure within a Para-military organization, or a police department in this case.

Because of the rampant corruption in Atlantic City government at this time, it is more important than ever, that the citizens must be able to rely upon a police department that is free from political interference and corruption.

Political corruption threatens the very credibility of a police department, and it is why police departments must be left free of political interference, such as this latest stunt to block the leadership advancement within the Atlantic City Police Department.

This is especially true of political interference from corrupt political and police leadership masquerading in the form of law enforcement.

John Mooney would never have permitted himself to be stifled in his own desires to advance himself through the ranks of the Atlantic City Police Department.

But yet, it is John Mooney himself, who is participating directly with corrupt politicians to deny rightful advancement to members of his own department who have earned promotion to higher police ranks.

You might ask why an acting Chief of Police would intentionally throw his own department out of organizational kilter?

The answer to me is simple: There is most likely no family members or other plum individuals currently in place on the active promotional lists to choose from, which leaves more than likely just good hard-working law enforcement officers with no political agenda or connections.

The result of corrupt political and police leadership is devastating and ripples on down through the ranks whenever good and deserving people are held back by political scoundrels like John Mooney, Bob Levy and Craig Callaway.

I would urge you to never forget that John Mooney was Craig Callaway's choice to be the acting Chief of Police in Atlantic City.

This is another one of those undeniable facts of life that can not be understated. And all of Mooney's actions and inaction should be viewed through this prism of his Callaway connection.

Look at the actions of this so-called Chief in just the past year, and you can see why it was important for John Mooney to be Craig Callaway's Chief.

I've watched John Mooney snub the members of his own Department and physically embrace criminals at public events, instead.

Most recently, when the acting Chief Mooney was accepting an oath of office, Mooney was hugged and congratulated by none other than Craig Callaway.

I've dubbed this continued practice as John Mooney's "Hugs for Thugs Program". What good has this program done for the people of Atlantic City? What it has done for Mooney, personally, is fully apparent.

1. Why are you breaking with a long-observed and prevailing practice to promote, one for one, as openings within the ranks occur?

2. Do you have no care for the importance of public safety, the leadership structure destabilization, good order or the morale problems that you are causing with your intentional action/inaction?

3. Are you unaware of the psychological stress from withholding opportunities for promotional advancement that you are causing?

4. Do you not recognize the sacrifice and effort that your members have given to afford them the right to advancement within the Police Department?

In a city where good, honest law enforcement officers were being ordered to 'stand-down" on criminals and thugs, who were running amok in the city of Atlantic City, are we going to sit back and allow scoundrels to stack the leadership of the Police Department too, as they have already done with John Mooney?

I am urging all good people to demand the puppet regime of Bob Levy to immediately promote the deserving members of the Atlantic City Police Department to their proper place within the leadership of the organization.

There has never been more violence or murder than since Bob Levy and Craig Callaway took over Atlantic City government. More than ever a strong, independent police leadership is needed.

Please do not allow Bob Levy, Craig Callaway and John Mooney to further damage and taint the good members of the Police Department, who are working hard and risking their lives in the most dangerous atmosphere that has ever existed in the modern history of Atlantic City.

Please support your local police and help restore order to the ranks. Stop this intentional stifling of advancement for political purposes of our police officers.

Please Call your city council members, the Mayors Office and demand that they stop playing politics with your police department.

In managing the evolving mission of policing in the 21st century, the good members of the Atlantic City Police Department deserve much better than these Three Stooges of politics: Mooney, Levy and Callaway.

Hugs for Thugs isn't working anymore!

Respectfully,

Don P. Hurley