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East Haven Firefighter, Police Officer Honored By EH Rotary Club

This month, Bob Nappe and James Oca received the Joseph Buonome Memorial Public Safety Award by the East Haven Rotary Club

Earlier this month, the East Haven Rotary Club honored a longtime police officer and a town firefighter with the Joseph Buonome Memorial Public Safety Award.

The New Haven Register reports that the Rotary Club honored Bob Nappe, the East Haven Police Department’s longest-serving patrolman, and local firefighter James Oca at their annual dinner this month. The Joseph Buonome Memorial Public Safety Award is named after a longtime Rotarian who died earlier this year.

“I love what I do,” Nappe told the newspaper. “It’s all I ever wanted to be, a police officer.”

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