PAPA

President	Anthony Campos	Newark Police Department
1st. Vice-President
2nd. Vice-President	Paul Saldanha	Essex County Corrections
3rd. Vice-President	Jaime Oliveira	Irvington Police Department
Treasurer	Antonio Vieira	Essex County Public Safety
Recording Secretary	Janet Czaplinski	Irvington Police Department
Financial Secretary	George Anjos	NJ State Corrections
Sergeant-at-Arms	Jose Correia	NJ State Corrections
2nd Sergeant-at-Arms	Anthony Da Silva	Essex County Corrections
3rd Sergeant-at-Arms	Jose Rebelo	Newark Police Department

PAPA USA /State Delegate	Germano Pinto	Union County Corrections
Trustees	John Casalinho	Newark Police Department
	Manny Esteves	Union County Corrections
	Bert Moita	Essex County Sheriff's Department

Chaplain	Msgr. John Antao
Attorneys	Fausto Simoes
	Rick Monteiro

The Portuguese-American Police Association (PAPA) was founded on December 13, 1992 in the City of Newark [New Jersey] by three Portuguese-American police officers that held a deep sense of pride in their heritage and culture.

The Association was started with the following objectives in mind: educating the community, particularly the youth, relative to the criminal justice system; assisting young people in preparing for a career in law enforcement, including exam preparation; bolstering the Portuguese-American community as a whole.

To meet these goals, the Association has undertaken many highly successful endeavors, including, but not limited to, the following; establishing scholarships, sponsoring family picnics, creating and implementing off-duty police officer / citizen patrols, launching associate membership drives, fingerprinting of school age children, citizen naturalization and voter registration drives, assisting at Easter Egg Hunts, and co-sponsoring Halloween and Christmas parades.

The Portuguese-American Police Association (PAPA) has members throughout the United States. The Association has established lodges in Massachusetts (Lodge #2) and Rhode Island (Lodge #3) to better serve the large contingency of Portuguese-American police officers in those states. We are currently attempting to charter lodges in Connecticut and New York.

The Association is open to all full time law enforcement officers, active or pensioned retired, from municipal police officers to federal agents who are of Portuguese descent or who hail from Portuguese speaking countries. Police Officers who wish to join, excluding those who reside in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, will become members of PAPA USA (New Jersey Lodge #1). A group of 10 or more police officers from the same state may apply for a state charter as a new lodge.

Any person interested in becoming a member or obtaining additional information should either Email PAPA USA (NJ Lodge #1) directly or write to the specific lodge below.

PAPA USA
PAPA / NJ, Lodge #1
Headquarters
51-55 Prospect Street (rear)
Newark, NJ 07105
(973) 578-8686

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 220, Middletown, NJ 07748
PAPA USA/NJ State Delegate: Germano Pinto