Cranford names two new patrol officers; resolutions read into record with biographical details

The Cranford Township Committee read certified resolutions at its Sept. 16 meeting appointing two patrol officers to the Cranford Police Department.

Chief Nazaro formally introduced Officer John Carlos Montero and Officer Jack Korzeneski and the committee read resolution 2025-278 naming John Carlos Montero as a third-grade patrol officer effective Aug. 20, 2025 and resolution 2025-279 naming Jack Korzeneski as a first-grade patrol officer effective Sept. 3, 2025. The chief summarized Montero’s background: born in the Dominican Republic, educated in Newark and Bloomfield, with prior service as a corrections officer (New Jersey Department of Corrections), then as an East Orange police officer after graduating from the Essex County Police Academy; Montero recently worked in East Orange’s community affairs unit and ran a youth academy summer program. The chief described Montero as experienced in proactive policing and community engagement.

The chief described Korzeneski as a lifelong Cranford resident and 2019 Cranford High School graduate who attended Rowan University and then served at the Union County Sheriff’s Office after graduating from the John H. Stammler Police Academy. The chief and others noted Korzeneski’s local roots and prior interactions with Cranford officers, and the appointments were presented with family members in the audience.

The resolutions were read into the record as certified copies of committee actions; the meeting included remarks praising the officers’ service records and welcoming them to field-training rotations and patrol assignments.