CO, community affairs cops lauded with citations from area electeds
By Kristen Guglielmo
The NYPD 102nd Precinct’s commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Jeremy Kivlin, and Community Affairs Officers Nick Salamone and Scott Adelman need to make plenty of wall space.
The trio received multiple accolades on Tuesday at the precinct’s community council meeting in Richmond Hill. Kivlin is set to depart soon and said the meeting was likely his last with the 102.
“Everybody plays a vital role and helps the precinct run, and they make me look good, and I thank them every day for that,” Kivlin said. “There’s been two people in my almost two years and nine months that I’ve been here. … They’ve been my right-hand men.”
Kivlin praised Salamone and Adelman for their 15 years of service to the department.
“They truly made my job easier,” Kivlin said. “From the bottom of my heart, Nick Salamone, Scott Adelman — thank you so much.”
Before shifting to community affairs, Kivlin said, Salamone amassed 277 arrests and Adelman 324.
“Those types of enforcement numbers are very, very respectable,” Kivlin said.
The commanding officer then presented each cop with a plaque from the community council, dubbing them “cops of the year.”
Councilmembers Lynn Schulman (D-Forest Hills) and Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) along with representatives of Assemblymembers David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) and Jenifer Rajkumar (D-Woodhaven); state Sens. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Woodhaven) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans); and U.S. Reps. Greg Meeks (D-Jamaica) and Nydia Velázquez (D-Brooklyn, Queens) presented Kivlin, Salamone and Adelman with citations and certificates for their service to the community.
Schulman and Ariola both spoke highly of the trio, voicing appreciation of the fact that they are always available for the community when needed. Ariola said she has a group text chat with them, and they always answer.
On crime in the 102, Kivlin said there has been an approximate 14 percent reduction in overall incidents for the 28-day period, and about a 10 percent decrease this year to date.
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