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Vincent Vallelong | President of the Sergeant's Benevolent Association Says Black The Blue with 77 WABC Radio · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: You know, I've had the fortunate opportunity over the years
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  Speaker 1: to make some really great friendships, and starting with Jessica Tisch,
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  Speaker 1: the police commissioner, and all these union heads, Scott Monroe, detectives,
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  Speaker 1: and this guy sitting in front of me. I love
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  Speaker 1: this guy like a family member. Vincent Vallelong, of course,
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  Speaker 1: is in charge of the sergeants, the SBA, Sergeants Benevolent Association.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Vincent. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: How are you, Sid?
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  Speaker 1: You look great. Nice tie and beautiful suit.
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  Speaker 2: Right back at you.
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  Speaker 1: So tell me what this means to you today, that
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  Speaker 1: this radio station led by John and Margo, they're at
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  Speaker 1: the PAL a couple of days ago. They love the
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  Speaker 1: police that this radio station takes a whole day just
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  Speaker 1: to honor you. Fantastic folks.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think I've missed this once since it started. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what it is that the, that this family
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  Speaker 2: does every single year is, you know, you, you couldn't
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  Speaker 2: ask for anything more. It really uplifts the, the spirit
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  Speaker 2: of the guys on the street, less than know that
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  Speaker 2: the people are actually looking out for them. Uh, matter
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  Speaker 2: of fact, I, I have a few guys coming in
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  Speaker 2: from St. Paul, Minneapolis, uh, Vegas, and also the other place.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's big, though. Sergeants from other cities?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Chicago, too, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Really?
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  Speaker 2: We have the presidents coming in from the other unions
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  Speaker 2: to do a roundtable with Mr. Katsimatidis.
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  Speaker 1: That's a big deal. And you told me on this
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  Speaker 1: show not that long ago, maybe just about a week
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  Speaker 1: or two ago, that the morale is not great. And
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  Speaker 1: how could it be great with this terrible mayor, this
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  Speaker 1: terrible governor, this terrible DA, this terrible AG? How could
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  Speaker 1: it be great? But on a day like today... It's great, right?
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's happy, right? Everybody's happy.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you see it every single day, especially on
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  Speaker 2: TikTok and these other videos. People are in cops' faces
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  Speaker 2: day in and day out. That wears you down over
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  Speaker 2: the course of time. I mean, I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: it is that the men and women actually can take it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they really keep their composure. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that I would have back in my day and age,
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  Speaker 2: that person would have been cuffed and would have been
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  Speaker 2: thrown in the back of the car.
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  Speaker 1: In the good old days.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that person never would have walked the streets. And
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  Speaker 1: Monroe talks a lot about that, the DEA guy, that
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  Speaker 1: a lot of his detectives walk the streets, they get
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  Speaker 1: spit on still, they get yelled at. And really, there's
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  Speaker 1: not a lot of political help from the people in
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  Speaker 1: charge that say, don't do that and honor the cops.
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  Speaker 1: They don't do much of that, ever.
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  Speaker 2: We see who's in charge. You see city council. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they're train wreck.
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  Speaker 1: Train wreck. You got like five good members. That's it.
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  Speaker 2: They're all Republicans.
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  Speaker 3: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: That's about it. So what is the message today, Vincent Vallelong,
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  Speaker 1: as a Big time guy. Everybody loves you. And you
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  Speaker 1: do a great job. The sergeants always stop me. They go,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. And I love to hear you and Vinny together.
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  Speaker 1: What is your message to all the ladies and gentlemen
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  Speaker 1: that are in their cars right now listening to us
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  Speaker 1: on this back to blue day?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's an honor, first of all, for me
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  Speaker 2: to be president of this union, you know, just to
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  Speaker 2: represent the men and women of this job. I've done
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  Speaker 2: it for a very long period of time. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I love I love this career. It put it helped
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  Speaker 2: me raise my kids. And we're there for them the
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  Speaker 2: same way that other people were there for me during my,
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  Speaker 2: during my career. As long as I am here for the,
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  Speaker 2: for the years that I'll be here, I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that I fight for everything that they deserve.
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  Speaker 2: And people like cats, Matitis, you, this radio station, they
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  Speaker 2: need to realize that, you know, you guys have their back.
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  Speaker 1: You're such a special guy. You really are great cop.
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  Speaker 1: Tough as nails, tough as nails. I never want to
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  Speaker 1: see you angry. I haven't seen that yet. I'm nervous,
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  Speaker 1: but what a great guy, seriously. And the sergeant is
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  Speaker 1: lucky to have you. And the NYPD is lucky to
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  Speaker 1: have you. And, I'm lucky to have you as a friend,
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  Speaker 1: so thank you so much for stopping in today.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Sid.
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  Speaker 1: And thank you for all the gifts. You bring me
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  Speaker 1: such nice stuff all the time, Vinny. It always comes
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  Speaker 1: in with something. The first time I met him, he
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  Speaker 1: walked in with, like, cigars. Remember that? That was beautiful, too.
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  Speaker 2: I think it was bagels.
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  Speaker 1: No, yeah, bagels, but he had a cigar. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Eclipses, cigars,
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  Speaker 1: and all that stuff. So I don't forget. You are
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  Speaker 1: the best, Vinny. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, Sid.
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  Speaker 1: The head of the Sargent's SBA, Vinny Vallelong. We will
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  Speaker 1: get ready to get our Back to Blue Day going.
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  Speaker 1: I think it starts at 12 o'clock officially. But throughout
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  Speaker 1: the day, we'll have a whole bunch of great cops
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  Speaker 1: on this radio station. But I wanted Vinny. I got Vinny.
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  Speaker 3: so you never have to wonder.
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  Speaker 2: What the heck is going on here?