Scott is a retired Neptune Township Police Department lieutenant and currently a Senior Staff Representative for the Fraternal Order of Police – NJ Labor Council. Scott is a Past President of Neptune Township Superior Officers Association, Lodge 19, current Chairman of the Labor Committee, member of the Legislative / Education / and Expansion and Retention Committee.

With more than two decades of experience in law enforcement, contract negotiations, and labor advocacy, Scott has become a leading voice on grievance resolution, collective bargaining strategy, and the psychology of negotiation. He is a published author who writes and speaks on leadership, organizational resilience, and the evolving landscape of police labor relations, drawing on his extensive background representing officers across the state.

Sean began his law enforcement career in juvenile and adult corrections. In 2000, he was hired by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office and attended the 87thbasic recruit class at the Trenton Police Academy. Sean was assigned to various units as a Sheriff’s Officer including patrol, courts, detective and the Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team. In 2001 Sean and his co-workers, Mike Vasil and Christina Kalm, founded the non-profit organization, “Officer Down” in response to the death of co-worker Kevin McManimon. In 2005 he was recognized as Sheriff’s Officer of the Year by his co-workers. He served in New Orleans as part of Operation LEAD during Hurricane Katrina. In 2006 Sean was promoted to Sergeant and served in the Operations, Courts, OEM and the Airport Units, the Health Department liaison constructing security planning for mass epidemic/bio terror response and on Chief Justice Rabner’s Court Security Committee helping to restructure the court security protocols in the NJ Superior Courts. Sean retired in 2015 due to several severe knee injuries received in the line of duty.

As a union leader Sean has held positions in Lodge 140 continuously since 2006, including Secretary, Vice President, Trustee and is currently the President of Lodge 140. As a union member and leader, he and his brothers and sisters successfully advocated and settled or won twenty-eight (28) grievances and four (4) unfair practice charges, as well as, negotiating successor contracts.
Sean has an associate degree in Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice from Mercer County Community College, a bachelor’s degree in individual studies/public administration and a master’s degree in public administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University. In 2016 Sean completed the Public Sector Labor Relations Certificate Program from Rutgers University and in 2018 he attended and completed the Negotiations and Leadership certificate program at Harvard University Law School. In 2024 Sean was accepted to and completed the Rutgers University/New Jersey Civil Service Commission Certified Public Managers Certificate Program.

In 2013 Sean was elected to the Executive Board of the Fraternal Order of Police – New Jersey Labor Council and served as the Co- Chairman. In 2015, he retired and was hired as a staff representative and in December of 2015, he was promoted to Executive Director. As Executive Director, and in coordination with the Executive Board and Staff, the FOPNJLC has grown exponentially from 48 member units in 2016 to 107 member units currently in 2024. The FOPNJLC continues to grow and thrive, representing member units in all facets of law enforcement, while also providing training on law enforcement labor relations to help inform and instruct our membership.