Police Office Allen Fednik Memorial

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TRIBUTE: After nearly 35 years, a plaque commemorating a Hackensack police officer who was killed responding to a call is being dedicated at headquarters, thanks to the local PBA.

http://cliffviewpilot.com/plaque-commemorates-hackensack-police-officer-killed-in-line-of-duty/

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Looking at the city's Historic Meeting Minutes, there is no mention of his passing except for months later when there is a brief mention of a small payment to his estate (Fednik- no c), probably for salary. 

You would think that an officer's dying in the line of duty would have at least prompted a moment of silence.  Bizarre. 

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I was in high school when this happened.  The entire school was talking about this the next day, and for days afterwards.  There was only one story being circulated around the school, and I certainly cannot vouche for the accuracy of that story.  I don't want to say more, only that the story being told now has been altered.  Yes, he was killed in his squad car when a train hit the car at the Atlantic Street railroad crossing. The part about the car stalling on the tracks due to mechanical reasons was not the story in 1980.  Thank you.

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If someone really wants to know, I would research The Record archives March 6 - 8, 2014.  There's a good chance that more information can be found.

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Related Links:

http://www.odmp.org/officer/reflections/4773-police-officer-allen-j-fednik

http://www.nleomf.org/officers/search/search-results/allen-j-fednik.html

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-law-enforcement-marks-police-memorial-day-1.1021660

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Hackensack police remember a fallen friend
September 30, 2014    Last updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 1:21 AM
By TODD SOUTH
STAFF WRITER
The Record

HACKENSACK — The memory of Officer Allen Fednik, one of the few city police officers to die in the line of duty, had been kept alive online and in personal reminiscences by a graying, ever dwindling cadre of his former colleagues.

Yet there was no plaque or other monument at police headquarters marking Fednik's service and his life, which ended when a train slammed into the Cadillac he drove on March 5, 1980. It took a determined newcomer to the department to launch an effort to change that.

http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/paying-homage-to-a-brother-1.1098885

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OK, so there's some older cops who remember that day. They know the real story.  And they aren't talking.  Let's just rewrite history.