MCPO Members Presented with Distinguished Service Awards
Published on January 12, 2023
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, and members of the New Jersey Bias Crime Officers Association honored two members of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office with Distinguished Service Awards on January 6, 2023 during the NJBCOA Conference.
Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Samantha DeNegri and Sgt. Patrick LaGuerre were recognized for their ongoing educational program addressing bias crime and cyberbullying by students. SAP DeNegri and Sgt. LaGuerre have been visiting middle and high schools in Morris County and beyond to lead educational presentations on bias incidents/crimes, cyber harassment, and making smart choices when using social media. Over the past year, they’ve conducted over a dozen such assemblies in Morris, Warren and Sussex counties.
Prosecutor Carroll said, “I’d like to congratulate SAP DeNegri and Sgt. LaGuerre on this merited recognition. This program brings face-to-face communication with our students to private and public schools around Morris County. It is critical to address bias with our youth before these bad faith ideals take root. Teenagers today are growing up in a very connected digital world, and our office seeks to enable our students to make smart choices about how they interact online and in school. We hope this program will serve as a model for other counties.”
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David L. D’Amico Chief Investigator, Internal Affairs, Middlesex County Department of Corrections; Detective Samer Abboud, Office of the Attorney General/Division of Criminal Justice, Agent Reggie Johnson, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office; Attorney General Matthew Platkin; MCPO Sgt. Patrick LaGuerre; MCPO Supervising Assistant Prosecutor Samantha DeNegri; Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll; FBI Special Agent Vernon I. Addison; Assistant Prosecutor Vered Adoni, Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office; and David S. Leonardis, Training & Outreach Liaison, Office of the Attorney General/Division of Criminal Justice.