Mahwah-Based Public Safety Comms Director Departs After 8 Years

MAHWAH, NJ — Bergen County's public safety communications director has stepped down from the position for a new role on the New Jersey State Parole Board, officials said.

Frank DelVecchio, who has led the communications apparatus for eight years out of the Public Safety Operations Center in Mahwah, served his last day for the county on April 5, and is looking forward to a new chapter in his life, he told Patch.

"The past eight years have been incredibly rewarding," DelVecchio said. "With the team at the Bergen County PSOC, County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Commissioners, we were able to accomplish so many initiatives and changes that have had a great impact on emergency services."

In his tenure, DelVecchio spearheaded several significant projects critical to public safety in Bergen County — varying from technology upgrades to the growth of municipal shared dispatch service agreements, Tedesco said. The communications director said his team also improved inter-operability across the county, and established a second 911 communications site in Paramus.

"Measures like these often go unnoticed to the general public but truly go a long way in making Bergen County an even safer place to live, work, and raise a family," county executive Tedesco said in a social media post.

"I want to thank DelVecchio for his service, and wish him the best of luck in his new role," he added.

On DelVecchio's last day, the Bergen County Division of Public Safety Communications tested the new encrypted radio alert channel that his office had spent the past year installing in all 70 municipalities to allow first responders to communicate together when responding to a crisis.

"Our public safety tele-communicators, information and radio tech staff, and administration, are among the very best in their respective fields," DelVecchio said. "I enjoyed my time with Bergen County and will miss the people I worked with every day; however, I am certain to keep in touch."