Merging Cranbury PD?

[mrfunone]

The police should be able to write summonses and have the town keep the revenue. No point in writing them if we don't make anything out of it.
Why do we need detectives?
For the one bank robbery that we get every year?

[Guest]

Don't disagree about keeping the revenue from summons. I think if u read the meeting minutes and the chiefs report you will see that the detectives work and close many more cases than the "the one bank robbery"

[Guest]

try telling the warehouses who pay way more money to this town then your little 50x50 on main street that there isn't a detective to investigate thefts costing more then some houses.

[Guest]

Why would Plainsboro even want to patrol our town? They already get every dollar from every ticket and arrest that OUR TOWN works hard to complete. We do the work for them.

[TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETIN]

Report from Police Chief Edward Kahler Chief Kahler gave his monthly report for the month of March, 2010. Chief Kahler reported
there were 143 summonses issued; 15 for speeding, cell phone violations -12, expenditures (highest to lowest) were shift coverage, training/department meeting and prisoner transports. He

TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING April 12, 2010
Reports from Township Professionals and Staff (Continued) Report from Police Chief Edward Kahler (cont’d)
reported the Department has not received any communications regarding its reimbursement request related to the snowstorms. The Department has submitted a preliminary damage assessment form for the March flood. The Traffic Bureau reported there were 14 crashes in March and the Detective Bureau reported 14 new investigations and closed eight ( th investigations. Chief Kahler reported there is a CERT meeting scheduled for April 20 . He added the State is not sponsoring any new training so starting a new class for volunteers will have to be delayed. He also reported the Department submitted a preliminary damage assessment form for the most recent wind/flood event. Public Works filled and used sandbags purchased from the OEM account to contain flooding on Main Street. Chief Kahler reported the vehicle mileage for the month of March was 13,685. There were 12 arrests for the month; D.W.I. -4, Assault -0, Burglary-2, Theft/Shoplifting-3, Warrants-1 and CDS (Drugs)-2.
Chief Kahler also reported two officers who were standing on Route 130 after completing a motor vehicle stop were nearly struck by an alleged intoxicated driver. The driver was alleged to have been under the influence of a Controlled and Dangerous Substance (C.D.S.). He stated this latest incident demonstrates that intoxicated drivers are moving away from alcohol and using prescription street drugs. Fortunately, Cranbury’s Police Department has a Drug Recognition Expert and has been successfully able to prosecute cases of driving while under the influence of controlled and dangerous substances.
Chief Kahler reported Mr. Craig Sharon sent a letter commending Officer DeChiara for his assistance with his disabled vehicle on Route 130. Also, Chris and Sam Parker sent a letter commending the Cranbury Township Public Works Department and the Police Department for their work during the March 13th wind/flood event. In addition, Megan and Dan Pease sent a thank you note to Sergeant Frank Dillane and Officer DeChiara for their efforts installing the couples carseats[/b]

[Guest]

Does anyone know the details behind why we agree to pay Plainsboro to manage all our tickets court cases on top of them getting all the ticket revenue? Did they determine that the overhead of the court traffic exceeds the value of the tickets enough to require the additional expense?

[What the]

If This is all about saving money then why would you be willing to sacrifice public safety instead why wouldn't you look into other ways like not paying to have the fireworks,not having the brush picked up every month, not paying for leaf pickup things like that. Those things aren't a life and death neccesity. How about not building new ballfields,ye there free at first but now we have to maintain them forever. Nobody say's no to those things because they get personal use of those,but people don't get personal satisfaction from the police until they have an emergency and need them.I would probably guess that the negative comments are probably from people who have been lucky and never had to call or use the police dept. I have been lucky to know and talk with many of the officers in the past 20yrs that I've lived here and they all take pride and care about Cranbury and it's residents.

[What the]

You would never here anybody say, let's not have public sewer because they get personal use of it. Another example is why don't residents shut off there electric or water service in there own house? They don't because they get personal use of those services.

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Uh, sparky...The police patrols are not free they pay taxes. Second, the sheer number of people in and out leads to theft. And, uh...I guess people don't have alarms for their homes either...

[Guest]

Yes something funny is going it's called crime. The security guards are not cops. I have heard that there have been robberies at some of those warehouses totaling hundreds of thousands. I have also heard they have gang members working there.

[Guest]

There is no crime in Cranbury, there is no "Bad people" either. There is this huge protective bubble that encloses the town keeping all the bad people and bad things out.
The streets are lined with gold and gumdrops.
What a wonderful little town it is.