One part of police work involves long stakeouts and building a profile, which can be a truly mundane task. Patience thus proves to be a crucial quality in a police officer.

Niles Malvasia, former Police Sergeant — paperwork and log-keeping is essential. It builds patience and discipline, and it is important to document everything that happens during volatile situations.

Check-in, Patrol and File Reports

Whether the day was long and full of activity or relatively dull and uneventful, paperwork and log-keeping is always essential. Sergeant Niles Malvasia is no stranger to paperwork; it is what builds patience and discipline in a young officer.

The first part of the day for patrol officers is getting their assignment from lineup and then hitting the streets. From, the day unfolds.

Enforce and Represent

Each officer’s actions are a representation of the badge and the city at large. Niles Malvasia represented his department and his city when he was honored recently for his outstanding performance as a lead detective in the capture of a child pornographer. The perpetrator had several terabytes worth of child pornography that he was distributing throughout the world. This was the largest child pornography arrest in the history of the state of New Jersey.