[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1718]
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         IN MEMORY OF CASPER BUONOCORE, JR. AND JOHN J. BRACKEN

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 15, 1998

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor the memory of two 
brave police officers, Casper J. Buonocore, Jr., and John J. Bracken, 
who were killed in the line of duty twenty-five years ago. They are 
being honored today at the New Jersey Central Railroad Terminal at 
Liberty State Park. The City of Jersey City is celebrating the 
dedication of the Buonocore-Bracken Memorial Building at 60 Collard 
Street.
  P.O. Buonocore, an NTF officer assigned to the West District Scooter 
Unit, was leaving the scene of a routine arrest on Armstrong and Ocean 
Avenues on September 12, 1973, when he was shot by a man on a roof and 
died at the Jersey City Medical Center the same day. The incident was 
triggered when another man refused to move a car that was double 
parked. During his tenure of almost three years, Buonocore was the 
recipient of a Commendation for Armed Robbery award and a Special 
Letter Class C Award.
  P.O. Bracken, an NTF officer assigned to the East District Motorcycle 
Unit, was struck by a drunk driver who had run a stop sign on September 
1, 1973. He died at the Jersey City Medical Center on September 12 of 
that year. Bracken was responding to a priority call on his motorcycle 
with lights and siren on when the accident occurred. Also a veteran of 
almost three years on the force, Bracken won two Commendation Awards.
  I know my colleagues will join me in saluting the memory of these two 
brave officers, Casper J. Buonocore, Jr. and John J. Bracken.

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