Smoking Shields - New York

Joseph "Bombs" T.
President

Joe first joined the NYPD in 1995 where he was assigned to the 79th precinct before retiring as a 2nd grade Detective in 2022 from the Bomb Squad where he served for his last 18 years.

Joe joined Smoking Shields in 2016 and has previously served on the House Committee and the Sgt. at Arms before proudly being asked to be President. His goal is to try to expand the membership for the NY chapter and hopefully be an example nation-wide by spreading the benefits of working with other charities, lending our support where needed and of course the great camaraderie that a chapter can have to offer to each member.

As President of NY, Joe is responsible to oversee all Smoking Shields operations within the geographical boundaries of the New York Chapter.

Jay K.
Vice President

Jay joined the NYC Transit Police in 1981 where he worked uniformed patrol. He then transferred to citywide anti-crime. In1987 he was promoted to Sergeant and was assigned to the Pickpocket Squad. 1992 he was assigned to the Decoy Unit in the Detective Bureau. In1994 the Transit Police was merged into the NYC Police Department where he was assigned to the Brooklyn Robbery Squad. 1996 he was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned as the Commanding Officer of the 90th Precinct Detective Squad.

On November 29th 2001 he retired as a Lieutenant Commander, Detective Squad.

Scott V.
Sergeant At Arms

Scott has returned as Sergeant-at-Arms after serving as Vice President with the New York chapter of Smoking Shields. He retired as a 2nd Grade Detective with the NYPD where he began his career in 2000. Scott was assigned to the NYPD/FBI Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force where he investigated Child Predator an Human Trafficking cases. He was also a member of the nationwide Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Previous assignments were the 067 PCT, Vice Enforcement Division, Major Case Vice Trafficking Team.

Anthony B.
Treasurer

Anthony was appointed Treasurer for the New York Smoking Shields at the beginning of 2024. Anthony coordinates and oversees financial planning and audits, procurement of goods and services, payment for expenditures, tax forms and capital construction projects for the New York Chapter. Anthony joined the NYPD in 1999, where he worked as a housing cop in Queens. He retired as a 1st Grade detective serving 26 years on the job and his last assignment was the Detective Bureau’s Auto Crime Division.

Frank P.

Frank is new to the Board but is not new to the organization. We welcome his input, and we appreciate him stepping up to help grow Smoking Shields. He will be an asset to the organization.

Joseph "Bombs" T.President

Joseph "Bombs" T.
President