President and Owner of Public Safety Diving, LLC, Eric Kerecman was
born and raised in Monmouth County, New Jersey and has dedicated his life to civil service and public safety diving.

Eric was able to capitalize on his water related abilities early-on in life, through both swimming competitively and lifeguarding on the New Jersey beachfronts. This eventually led to a full swimming scholarship, where Eric was a nationally ranked swimmer at Monmouth University. In 1988, with his love for the water, Eric entered the underwater world by completing his YMCA Open Water Scuba Certification prior to his graduation in 1990 with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice.

In February 1993, Eric was hired by the Township of Ocean Police Department in Monmouth County, New Jersey, as a police officer and was immediately recruited for a position within the police departments' Scuba Unit as a diver.

In 1994, Eric pursued certification through the New Jersey Police Training Commission (NJPTC) and now certifies each police recruit in Water Safety Instruction, which is mandatory for successful completion and graduation from the academy.

In 1997 the Scuba Units' commanding officer retired and left the team to Eric's care and guidance. As a Scuba Instructor, Eric currently oversees the day to day operations of the Scuba Unit that includes yearly budgets, grant applications, training and standards, mission scheduling, equipment purchasing and maintenance, and upkeep and revisions to unit SOP's/SOG's. To this day, the team prides its self on providing professional, knowledge based dive services to not only the community for which they serve, but other municipalities which may request mutual aid, the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office, the State of New Jersey and our federal government.

SCUBA & WATER RELATED CERTIFICATIONS
CERTIFICATION	DATE	LOCATION
YMCA Open Water	6/29/1988	Monmouth College
Water Safety Instructor	1/12/1994	NJ Police Training Commission
YMCA Open Water II	5/30/1995	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA Cold Water Rescue	3/01/1996	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA Public Safety Diver	2/26/1997	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA Search & Recovery	5/15/1997	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA S.L.A.M. Rescue	6/03/1997	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA Ocean Search & Recovery	5/31/1998	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA Evidence Recovery	5/31/1998	Ocean Township, NJ
T.D.I. NITROX Diver	6/23/1998	Point Pleasant, NJ
YMCA Divemaster	6/24/1999	Ocean Township, NJ
YMCA Assistant Instructor	6/24/1999	Ocean Township, NJ
INTERSPIRO Technician Course	3/10/2003	Hoboken, NJ
NAUI Scuba Instructor	12/31/2004	Neptune City, NJ
ASHI Instructor	12/31/2004	Neptune City, NJ
Certifications in: First Aid, CPR, Oxygen Provider, & AED
NAUI NITROX Instructor	3/12/05	Neptune City, NJ
SDI / TDI / ERDI Instructor	4/13/05	Long Branch, NJ
NAUI Specialty Instructor	4/14/05	Neptune City, NJ
Certification in: Public Safety Diver
ERDI Ops Specialty Instructor	11/17/05	Long Branch, NJ
Certifications in: Ice Diving Operations, Surface Ice Rescue Operations, and Underwater Crime Scene Investigations