They are retired cops. They left behind one of the toughest beats in the country for the good life at the Jersey Shore. But basically, there's no one you can talk to when you've been a New York City cop for 27 years.
All cops have tough jobs, but a New York City cop has the toughest.
Besides working a beat, Goedel said he also headed the Emergency Services Squad in Manhattan for several years. He worked as a sergeant in the detective bureau in the Bronx and Manhattan before retiring 20 years ago. When a 10-13 call when out everyone responded, explained Goedel. Nearly half of the members worked in a precinct in Staten Island, including Vincent Smith, now of Lakewood, who was a detective, and Joseph Donohue, of Lakewood, and Joseph DeLucci, of Toms River, both patrolmen. After retirement he said he spent a number of years doing security work at Rockefeller Center.