Police Dispatcher Ryan "BIG DADDY" J. Gleeson

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688p-09164 11/24/02 1955

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G FILE 04 DOVER TWSP PD NJ0150700 11/24/02

******SPECIAL ATTENTION OCEAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT**************
*****************AND SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS POLICE DEPT***************

THE DOVER TOWNSHIP, POLICE DEPARTMENT REGRETS TO ANNOUNCE THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF POLICE DISPATCHER RYAN J GLEESON. RYAN
PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23,2002 AT AGE 29.

RYAN STARTED WITH THE DOVER TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY OF 2000. SINCE 1995, HE AS A PART-TIME FIRE DISPATCHER WITH THE DOVER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS. PRIOR TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH DOVER TOWNSHIP, HE WAS EMPLOYED FROM APRIL 1996 TO JANUARY 2000 BY THE OCEAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AS A 911 COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. RYAN WAS ALSO EMPLOYED BY THE SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM AUGUST 1998 TO JULY 1999 AS A DISPATCHER. RYAN WAS ALSO AN APCO INSTRUCTOR FOR BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

RYAN, KNOWN TO MANY OF US AS "G" OR "BIG DADDY" WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SILVERTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE HE AS A PAST PRESIDENT AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FIRE POLICE SERVICES. HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AS A TOMS RIVER AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER COACH.

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THE FOLLOWING IS IN HONOR OF "BIG DADDY" OPER # 692

WHEN THEY LISTEN TO THE RADIO,
DO THEY HEAR THE PERSON WHO'S TALKING?
OR DO THEY MERELY HEAR THE VOICE?

DO THEY HEAR THE EMOTIONS WE FEEL?
DO THEY HEAR WHEN WE'RE SMILING AT WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD?
DO THEY HERE WHEN WE'RE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE CAN'T COPY THEM?

CAN THEY HEAR WHEN WE'VE BECOME UPSET BY A CALL?
CAN THEY HEAR THE TEARS WELLING IN OUR EYES WHEN WE'VE
TAKEN A DISTRESSING CALL?

CAN THEY HEAR WHEN WE'RE ANXIOUS ABOUT THEIR SAFETY?
CAN THEY HEAR HOW MUCH WE WORRY ABOUT THEM?

MOST OF ALL, DO THEY HEAR THE REAL PERSON BEHIND THAT VOICE
ON THE RADIO?
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IN THE PASSING OF "BIG DADDY G" THE COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION WILL LOOSE A PART OF ITSELF. RYAN WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS PROFESSIONALISM, DEVOTION TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY, MIDNIGHT TRIPS SOUTH, AND FOR THE HAPPINESS HE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO THOSE AROUND HIM. RYAN GLEESON WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED - WE SALUTE YOU.

FUNERAL ARRAIGNMENTS FOR RYAN GLEESON WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE TIMOTHY RYAN FUNERAL HOME
145 ST. CATHERINE BLVD TOMS RIVER, NJ 08755
PHONE NUMBER 732 505-1900

VIEWING TIMES ARE 2PM - 4PM AND 7PM - 9PM ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 26, 2002.
A SPECIAL FIREMAN'S SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 8PM ON TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 26, 2002.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME AT 10AM
ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2002.

SENDING AGENCY/ DOVER TWSP PD NJ0150700 688P 195508 MED