Photo by RON JEFFERSPolice officers assembled on the morning of August 2nd to pay their respects to East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phil Taormina, who succumbed to cancer. D.C. Taormina was also a volunteer firefighter with Truck Co. 1 for 15-years. A huge police motorcycle escort was in attendance, including units from the NYPD. A Facebook post said of the deputy chief, "he made everyone he came in contact with a better person."