Fantasy Island

Robert Belfiore retired from the New York City Department as a captain in July 2003. He was there as a correction officer from 1987 through 1997. In 1997, I was promoted to captain and assigned to the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island and worked as the visiting captain for two years before returning to my parent command of the George R. Vierno center where he was a correction officer prior to getting promoted. He spent about two years in the Intelligence Division monitoring all data and voice special circuits.

He is not a disgruntled employee and was very happy with his job and the way it worked. In the early 1990s and late 1980s, it was a totally different job. Everyone looked out for one another. Times changed with the new millennium. Things became all about statistics and numbers instead of staff safety and togetherness. In all, it was a good career, and he is certain that things will always be about helping one another.