Photo Caption - Bayonne Police Promotions: The Bayonne Police Department held a promotional ceremony for its new Chief, Deputy Chief, and Sergeants. Pictured left to right: Public Safety Director Robert Kubert, Mayor Jimmy Davis, Police Chief Joseph Scerbo, Deputy Chief Andrew Quinn, and Sergeants Kyle Y. Davis, Damon A. Galano, Deana Mendez, Joseph McDonough, Nicholas Lawson, and Sean Crowley.

On Wednesday, October 1, in the City Council Chambers, the Bayonne Police Department held a swearing-in ceremony for its new Chief, Joseph Scerbo, its new Deputy Chief, Andrew Quinn, and six sergeants: Kyle Y. Davis, Damon A. Galano, Deana Mendez, Joseph McDonough, Nicholas Lawson, and Sean Crowley.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mayor Jimmy Davis thanked outgoing Police Chief Robert Geisler for his seven years of service as Chief. Referring to Geisler as “a great chief,” Mayor Davis wished Geisler and his family well as he begins his retirement from the department. Mayor Davis congratulated the promoted officers and their families. He noted that police officers run towards trouble, not away from it, so that their families pray that they will come home safely. Mayor Davis said that Deputy Chief Quinn works with “imagination” and “investigative knowledge,” and is “what an officer should be.” Addressing Chief Scerbo, Mayor Davis said, “Just be who you are,” and “I know you will do a great job.”

Public Safety Director Robert Kubert thanked former Chief Geisler for his thirty years of service in every rank of the Police Department. Director Kubert thanked Geisler for everything that he did for him, the Police Department, and Bayonne residents. Concerning Chief Scerbo, who is the son and brother of retired Jersey City officers, Director Kubert said, “I am glad he came to Bayonne,” where, Kubert said, Scerbo “excelled.” The Public Safety Director said that there has never been a need to correct or guide Scerbo during his career, “He just did it,” Kubert explained. Turning to the new sergeants, Director Kubert said that Chief Scerbo has provided “an example you would do well to follow.”

City Council Member At-Large Loyad Booker congratulated the promoted officers. He also congratulated their families, saying, “It’s your promotion as well as theirs.” Council Member Booker said that Bayonne Police Department is “one of the best in New Jersey” and on the East Coast.

Council Member At-Large Juan Perez recalled having been a neighbor of the Scerbos. He congratulated all of the promoted police officers, and said, “Your leadership skills will benefit the city of Bayonne.”

Former Chief Geisler said that Deputy Chief Quinn has always done his job “professionally and fairly.” He called Quinn “one of the fairest you will ever meet.” Concerning Chief Scerbo, Chief Geisler said that his successor “made everyone around him a better cop.” Geisler called Scerbo “a cop’s cop,” and remarked that “there is nothing he wouldn’t do” for the people he works with.

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Photo Caption - Police Chief Geisler’s Walk-Out Ceremony: On the occasion of his retirement, the Bayonne Police Department held a walk-out ceremony to honor Chief Robert Geisler as he left the department. Pictured left to right: Former Police Chief Robert Geisler, Captain James Donovan, and new Police Chief Joseph Scerbo.