Speeding...now here's an idea

[Guest]

What I meant to say is if we said we want you to do traffic patrols because we're giving you the revenue they would say no. If we pushed they would turn us away. They would have to hire officers to do that work otherwise they would simply get the same revenue from their existing officers by focusing on their own roads.

Their residents are just like Cranbury's wanting to control speeders and traffic violatons. Why would they give up the time spent in their own town in order to ticket in Cranbury? They wouldn't. They know Cranbury needs the court in Plainsboro so there is no leverage on our part. That is why we have to be careful in terms of this relationship.

It's a nice idea, but it would never happen.

[Guest]

If we want Cranbury Main St. to be a traffic-ticket profit center for Plainsboro, I bet they will have motivation to come here and write as many tickets as possible.

If this happens, the implication is drivers who got tickets will "hate" Cranbury.

[Guest]

and why wouldn't they just do the same on plainsboro rd?

[29mph]

Consider these fake scenarios:

I was driving 27mph (I think) on Cranbury Main St. on my way to buy food/things from my favorite Cranbury store. A Plainsboro police stopped me and wrote me a speeding ticket for doing 31mph! I had no idea I was driving that fast. Darn, I will not go back to that <insert a Cranbury store name here> again; it's not worth it!

A phone call from a friend of a Cranbury resident: Geez, I just got a ticket on Main St.! I was on my way to your home, and this cop (I think a Plainsboro cop) stopped me and told me I was driving too fast!

[Crantaxpayer]

I don't want to fan. I know people are trying to think outside the box but I think the idea of Plainsboro taxpayers donating police services to Cranbury is just not realistic. Plainsboro has Route 1. Main street in Cranbury just doesn't provide enough revenue to justify pulling officers away from route 1 or patrolling their village roads which have the same speeding issues as Cranbury. If speed is that much of an issue of concern from my fellow taxpayers then the township Commitee should consider paying Cranbury officers overtime to work special speed enforcement details or they should consider hiring more officers. I am not in favor of either unless it is advised by the chief of police. Ultimately the decisions on how to control speed or enforce traffic laws must be made by the police chief. As a taxpayer I can express my concerns and expect them to be
addressed. I expect the people that are elected to select the best people to run the services and to provide them with tools they need to do it, without bankrupting the taxpayer.

[Guest]

[crantaxpayer]

[Guest]

[Jersey Dad]

[speeding]

The plainsboro court makes an extreme amount of money from tickets and cases in Cranbury. The reality is years ago it wasn't cost effective because the town was not prepared to handle the cases. And the towns people didn't want "Turnpike People" coming into town to go to court, but what about a resident getting a ticket....I guess it would be ok for them to come into the court????Why, because only "good" people live here??? Bottom line is the town has grown and grown from years ago. A court in Cranbury would be a win win for the Township.

[Guest]

I think one of the problems is that we don't have a physical place for the Court to be held. When the new police station was built, I believe it was decided to not include a courtroom because of trying to keep down the costs of the building. So if we now want to have our own court, we will have to add onto the police building.

[Guest]

Does Plainsboro report on how much ticket revenue they get from Cranbury?

[Homer]

I heard the Police are moving into the PNC building so we can raze the police station and build COAH housing. Having the cops on Main St. would probably slow down traffic, too. Plus, instead of a holding cell, we could throw detainees in the vault!

[Guest]

[Guest]

I think having our own court is a great idea. We can keep our money from tickets plus all the revenue that the Troopers bring in from the Turnpike. I'm sure between the Troopers and Cranbury Cops it would make money.
Why do we pay Plainsboro? I think it's time we at the very least renegotiate the $100,000 we give them each year plus allow them to keep all the money generated from Cranbury.

What did the people who negotiated that deal get in return for themselves???

As far as Plainsboro helping poor broke Cranbury, I have to laugh at that idea...sorry..that's funny.

[speed]

The financial numbers should be public record. The amount of money generated from cases in Cranbury Township are kept hush hush because Plainsboro is making a bundle and the town council doesn't want the tax payers to know the real money that they are missing out on.