Thank you to the Shomrim Society for honoring me as "Person of the
Year" award. The first Shomrim Society was established in the New York
City Police Department in 1924. The goal of the society appears atop its
stationery so that Law Enforcement Officers of the Jewish faith may join
together for the Welfare of all.
A special thanks to my friend and
former San Francisco 49er John Frank (the other Torah-observant Jewish NFLer)
for accepting this award on my behalf since I was unable to attend.
This award means
a great deal to me. My older brother Steve is a 26-year veteran for the
Miami-Dade Police Department. In fact my brother Steve was instrumental in
getting me off the streets of Miami and involved with football. He also became
my workout partner and punching bag for years. It is also to his credit that I
became a speaker as he was a DARE officer in his early years often asking me to
speak at DARE graduations in my offseason from the NFL.
Thanks again to
the Shomrim Society for this recognition and thank you police officers
everywhere for the great work that they do, I’m a big fan!
Alan
‘Shlomo’ Veingrad
