LIVING HISTORY
BROTHERS
IN BLUE
JOHN BIONDO
Law enforcement is in their blood: the Reuther brothers, from left, Steve, Brian and Tom, are now retired from their respective police agencies but remain
active in facets of law enforcement in their community.
Northern transplants policed the streets
when times were rough and wild
Little did three guys with thick New Joisey accents
know when they landed in Florida around 40 years
ago that their workdays as police officers would
read like a page from a TV western as they found
themselves rounding up stray cattle and horses and breaking
up saloon fights between cowboys.
The Reuther boys grew up across the river from New York
City, a fact that despite their many years in Florida is evident
once they start talking.
In 1977, their parents, Thomas and Ruth, moved to Port St.
Lucie with their youngest son, Steve. Their oldest son, Tom,
was a member of the Cliffside Park Police Department and
middle son, Brian, who has a bachelor’s degree in public
safety from William Paterson College, was working for the
Bergen County prosecutor’s narcotics task force.
After graduating from Fort Pierce Central High School in
1978, Steve followed his brothers’ footsteps into law enforcement
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BY PATTIE DURHAM