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Jerry Speziale resigned in 2010 and took a position with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Speziale's decision to move from Passaic County to the Port Authority mid-election was the focus of controversy, and prompted allegations that the appointment was political. Sympathizing with Speziale's family situation, because his wife was suffering from a terminal illness and passed away, many respected his right to make this move, but local and countywide Democrats were disappointed with the abruptness of his departing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9h9maut6ME/news/081010|title=Speziale steps down as sheriff|publisher=NorthJersey.com |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>

In 2021, Speziale had been described by North Jersey Media as a media-savvy public safety director. Paterson's Mayor Andre Sayegh stated that Speziale is a gregarious public safety director and the Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora and Speziale complement each other.<ref name="Joe Malinconico, [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2021/02/01/paterson-nj-police-chief-ibrahim-baycora-has-challenging-year-job/4311038001/]<ref In 1986, just a few years into his time with the New York City Police Department, Speziale was shot in the line of duty, where Speziale and his partner were ambushed and he was shot. Two other cops were shot and Speziale returned fire and killed the suspect. Speziale, later got involved in undercover drug work that took him to Colombia to help fight the powerful cartels.

Those experiences formed the basis of his published [[ghostwriter|ghostwritten]] book: “Without a Badge: Undercover in the World’s Deadliest Criminal Organization,” describing his experiences working undercover,<ref name=NYTrides/> Speziale has been featured on the reality TV series [[Cops (TV series)|''Cops'']]. Speziale also played a police captain with [[Richard Gere]] and served as a "police consultant" for the 2010 film ''[[Brooklyn's Finest]] and recently has been starring in "A&E's LIVE Rescue."''<ref name=Malinconico>Joe [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/paterson/2019/06/13/live-rescue-a-e-feature-paterson-nj-fire-department/1442069001/],''North Jersey Media'' (Bergen County, N.J.) 13 June 2019</ref>