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Dadio at the Jan. 24 midnight lineup.
“I didn’t think I’d get there,” Lt. Lisa Dadio told a recent midnight line-up she was running. She was referring to lasting on the job for 20 years. She wasn’t looking to top that number — a week later she worked her last day.
Dadio is one of seven cops whose retirements come up before the Board of Police Commissioners for approval Tuesday night, according to the meeting agenda.
Another is Assistant Chief Patrick Redding. New Chief Dean Esserman recently asked all the assistant chiefs to move on so he could pick his own team. (Read about that here.) Assistant Chief Petisia Adger at first didn’t respond to the request, but subsequently put in for retirement, too.
Redding worked his last day last Friday. Most on the list have also worked their last days already. The list includes community services Officer and former department spokesman Joe Avery (read about his retirement here); former Assistant Chief John Velleca, who announced the decision back in December; Officer David Coppola, who was given the choice of whether to retire or face possible internal disciplinary charges; Detective Burnell Burrell; and Officer Eric Jones.
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