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anon-63s1
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 Posted: Sun, Jan 20 2013, 6:45 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| anon-37p2 wrote: | | guest-1234-63s1 wrote: | | The other thing people do not understand is MOVE OVER when an emergency vehicle is approaching. People do not move over and that will cause an accident. There is a NJ law called "Move over or get pulled over." The police will ticket offenders for not pulling off to the side when a fire truck, ambulance, police officer, or a member responding to calls. When you see a vehicle with a blue or red light flashing please move over so they can proceed to the squad or station. They have all been trained in emergency driving situations, so please make it easy and dont get yourself a ticket and just move over. |
You do not have to move over for a blue light in the state of New Jersey. |
Actually you do...ftp://www.njleg.state.nj.us/20042005/PL05/218_.PDF
" C.39:3-54.12 Rights of motor vehicle with emergency lights in operation.
6. Nothing contained herein is intended to grant to any member of a volunteer fire company, a volunteer first aid or rescue squad or a volunteer Office of Emergency Management any privileges or exemptions denied to the drivers of other vehicles, and such members operating emergency warning lights shall drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and shall obey all the traffic laws of this State including R.S.39:4-81, provided, however, that the drivers of non-emergency vehicles upon any highway shall yield the right of way to the vehicle of any member of a volunteer fire company, a volunteer first aid or rescue squad or a volunteer Office of Emergency Management operating emergency warning lights in the same manner as is
provided for authorized emergency vehicles pursuant to R.S.39:4-92." |
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anon-r420
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| Posted: Sun, Jan 20 2013, 7:09 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| Does the officer really spend the entire work day at a relatives house?or does the officer stop there while on patrol intermittently for bathroom breaks and meals- instead of going out of town or into a public eating establishment or back to the station?I am curious why you are choosing this anonymous internet method to report this? Why don't you file a complaint with the police department if u feel the officer is doing something wrong? |
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guest-1234-63s1
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| Posted: Sun, Jan 20 2013, 8:19 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| anon-37p2 wrote: | | Alleged volunteer-25p1 wrote: | | Plainsboro pays its officers more than Cranbury as does East Windsor, Monroe, West Windsor, South Brunswick, and nearly every other town in Middlesex. Plainsboro Lt.'s are making $145,000. This is nearly $30,000. more than Cranbury's chief. Jamesburg and Hightstown pay about the same,even though they are much poorer communities. This is all easily verifiable. Nobody is saying that Cranbury officers aren't paid well, they are,just generally slightly less than than most nearby PD's. There are not "3 or 4 officers working". Usually 2 occasionally 3. Staffing is an issue as the police are down several officers from a few years ago. This is also the case in many surrounding towns. All signs of a struggling economy. The squad is no longer volunteer during the week day, they are paid and bill insurance companies for service. The fire department is still 100% volunteer which is admirable but an enormous struggle. In the 1980's and into the 90's volunteers were much more abundant and there was only 1 or 2 cops working. It's just a sign of the times. |
It dosen't help that one officer spends the work day at a family members house. |
well maybe it is because that officer is taking care of a possibly sick relatives house that IS IN cranbury. so is that officer were to get a call they could very quickly respond. get your facts right before you try and trash an officer that might try and save your life one day. |
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anon-97on
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| Posted: Sun, Jan 20 2013, 8:41 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| guest-1234-63s1 wrote: | | The other thing people do not understand is MOVE OVER when an emergency vehicle is approaching. People do not move over and that will cause an accident. There is a NJ law called "Move over or get pulled over." The police will ticket offenders for not pulling off to the side when a fire truck, ambulance, police officer, or a member responding to calls. When you see a vehicle with a blue or red light flashing please move over so they can proceed to the squad or station. They have all been trained in emergency driving situations, so please make it easy and dont get yourself a ticket and just move over. |
Some drivers in this state are crazy. I have almost been rear-ended twice because I pulled over when an emergency vehicle only to have the car behind me braze on at full speed then whip past me, totally ignoring the emergency vehicle.
There are states where that would be an extremely expensive ticket |
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anon-8q9r
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| Posted: Mon, Jan 21 2013, 12:41 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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True!
| anon-qs31 wrote: | | Morley works opposite the other officers. If he was in fact working he may have been doing DARE since he is the school DARE Officer.Also officers have to routinely come in on their days off for things like court and Grand Jury.This is just the nature of the beast. Get your facts straight chas. Look up the contracts on the NJ PERC website. Plainsboro pays more plain and simple. Plainsboro has hired more officers in the last few years so they have people that have not yet reached max salary. Some of the officers listed in the link are actually in the police academy. Something Cranbury has not done in over 40 years.When those officers reach their max salaries it will be more than Cranbury. As for the fire department, again admirably volunteer, but lets be honest. Saves the tax payers tons of money by not having paid professionals?Absolutely. Provides a solid consistent service by always managing to quickly respond in a safe, appropriate manner with a professional crew? I don't think so. I have seen the way a certain individual drives the fire truck.It can only be described with one word. Reckless. Speeding through town and crossing route 130 with no regard for the safety of other people.He seems to drive angry going to false alarms at the warehouses. I often wonder why our cops don't do their jobs and stop him. I guess they think he has immunity because he is a volunteer? Does he? I do not see our police officers driving that way responding to alarms. So I think they know better. I wish one of them would write him a ticket before he kills someone going to a false alarm. |
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| Posted: Mon, Jan 21 2013, 6:25 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| The other thin people don't get is MOVE OVER when an emergency vehicle is coming through town. People don't move over and that will cause an accident. There is a NJ law called "Move over or get pulled over". The police will ticket you for not pulling off to the side when a fire truck, ambulance, police officer, or volunteers responding to calls is coming through town or other parts. When you see a car with a blue light flashing please move out of the way because they are trying to respond to an mergency call. |
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anon-1254
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| Posted: Thu, Jan 24 2013, 6:33 am EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| Yeah, I don't like thin people either. |
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anon-37p2
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| Posted: Tue, Feb 5 2013, 5:48 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| guest-1234-63s1 wrote: | | anon-37p2 wrote: | | Alleged volunteer-25p1 wrote: | | Plainsboro pays its officers more than Cranbury as does East Windsor, Monroe, West Windsor, South Brunswick, and nearly every other town in Middlesex. Plainsboro Lt.'s are making $145,000. This is nearly $30,000. more than Cranbury's chief. Jamesburg and Hightstown pay about the same,even though they are much poorer communities. This is all easily verifiable. Nobody is saying that Cranbury officers aren't paid well, they are,just generally slightly less than than most nearby PD's. There are not "3 or 4 officers working". Usually 2 occasionally 3. Staffing is an issue as the police are down several officers from a few years ago. This is also the case in many surrounding towns. All signs of a struggling economy. The squad is no longer volunteer during the week day, they are paid and bill insurance companies for service. The fire department is still 100% volunteer which is admirable but an enormous struggle. In the 1980's and into the 90's volunteers were much more abundant and there was only 1 or 2 cops working. It's just a sign of the times. |
It dosen't help that one officer spends the work day at a family members house. |
well maybe it is because that officer is taking care of a possibly sick relatives house that IS IN cranbury. so is that officer were to get a call they could very quickly respond. get your facts right before you try and trash an officer that might try and save your life one day. |
First of all why should the town pay one of it's officers to take care of sick relatives, do that on your own time not when you are supposed to be out on patrol. |
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Jay T.
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| Posted: Wed, Feb 6 2013, 6:54 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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To the anonymous posters critical of the Police officer taking care of his family:
I have withheld commenting on this thread on the basis that I felt it would go away and did not want to keep it going. Since it has not ceased and a good officer's reputation is at risk I need to address the issue.
The Police department and I as the liaison to the Police are fully aware of and supportive of this officer using his allocated personal time to help take care of critically ill family members. The compassion this officer displays by taking care of his family at a time in need is what we hope to instill and find in every officer and employee who works in our community.
The officer in question, as with any employee, is entitled to take scheduled breaks including one for lunch. This officer is using his personal time to deal with a personal family matter that I hope and pray no one would ever have to deal with in life.
Due to simple happenstance we're fortunate that this officer is able to take take care of his family by staying in town. Should an emergency arise he can and has responded quickly and properly.
If anyone has a concern over any Police officer you can raise that concern any one of four ways:
- Email me at: jtaylor@cranbury-nj.com
- Email our Chief of Police Rick Varga at: rvarga@cranbury-nj.com
- Call our station at 395-0031 and file a complaint. You don't even need to provide your name.
- Come to a Township Committee meeting and state your concern.
If a complaint is filed I assure you it will be taken seriously and reviewed appropriately.
Regards,
Jay Taylor |
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Understanding person-q1sq
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| Posted: Wed, Feb 6 2013, 9:12 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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Jay,
Good for you!A simple explanation can certainly help clear up the nonsense going on here concerning this issue. Any reasonable person can appreciate the circumstances and be sympathetic to the situation at hand. It is nice to have this explained and I sure think that not one person should find fault with your explanation.Thank You |
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anon-97on
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| Posted: Wed, Feb 6 2013, 10:28 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| anon-n771 wrote: | | So in the real business world you wouldn't comment about personnel issues in public let alone on a blog but I guess when your Jay Taylor and you have a big mouth it's ok. Good job |
1) This isn't "the business world" and, shocking though this may be, the world beyond business is "real" too.
2) BS comment anyway. The business world comments on personnel issues all the time. Jay didn't even mention anyone by name. In the "real" business world that's not always the case. Consider the way that both the CEO of HP and the CEO of Best Buy were publicly fired after their Boards publicly disclosed investigations against them involving inappropriate relations with other employees or consultants.
3) Jay didn't start it. He was defending the person already being anonymous attacked. Why call him the big mouth and not the person attacking the officer online?
4) Hate much? Your whole comment reeks of someone with a chip on their shoulder. |
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anon.185-q1sq
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| Posted: Wed, Feb 6 2013, 10:32 pm EST Post subject: Re: outsource police |
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| This isn't the Real business world -This is Cranbury where people tell it like it is and believe in what they say. Its too bad we can't walk the walk but just talk the talk. Hats off to Jay for clearing the air and setting things straight!Good Job Jay!!! |
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Sean.-4047
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| Posted: Thu, Feb 7 2013, 8:37 am EST Post subject: Site manager- please pull this thread |
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I suggest we stop validating these obnoxious and unique opinions with responses and instead use energy or resources to get such a post with a personal attack simply pulled from the site. Clearly, these opinions don't represent the sentiment of our town and furthermore they are inappropriate and likely offensive to the officer targetted.
Personally, I value the police department and consider each an important member of the community. I also enjoy fair, insightful debate and do not suggest we muffle any opinions. Regardless, personal attacks are grounds for removal of a thread on an anonymous board. If the township officials are going to get involved to police the board, please do so that way. If the board and site owner won't agree to some such basic rules (i think they will since they stopped letting people bash homes for sale) then let's please ignore this board and cite altogether to stop giving credibility to it and instead start a monitored site on our township web page that can be regulated with some basic board etiquette. |
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