Wasteful

[anon-921r]

You said though that 79% of the officer's time is sitting at Teddy's. That was what I was correcting.

[anon-p816]

The 79% is if you add up all the wasted time for all officers and apply it to 1 officer ( just to have a visual and to put it into perspective. That's what they are saying.

[anon-54r5]

[anon-p9nn]

Huhhh, wish I had a job that paid me for my lunch break

[anon-921r]

[anon-4652]

I work 8-4:30. 8 1/2 but get paid for 8. Pretty sure that means I don't get paid for lunch.

[Teaparty-6165]

The police officers carry radios. Many times I see them abruptly get up, leave their meals, and answer calls. They are not guaranteed an interrupted meal break.The purpose behind them having a rather consistent daily presence in Teddy's is to interact with the community. Whether you like it or not Teddy's has been an unofficial hub for Cranbury dating back to when it opened in 1972. Generations of residents and police officers have interacted there for over 40 years. This dates back to the days of Marvin Dey, Ken Logan, Harry Kleinkauf, and Bill Maxwell. I understand your frustration with your falsely conceived notion of somehow trying to quantify the officers time the same way that time is quantified by corporate America- but you need to understand that being a police officer is not a manufacturing or production job. It is job where the officers are not paid for what they but for what they might have to do.

[one-a-day]

I for one frequently see the police patrolling my neighborhood. We should all be glad that the officers are encouraged to take their lunches at our local establishments. Community policing is a style of police work embraced by many towns and even cities nationwide. By most accounts I\'ve read or heard Chief Varga and his officers are doing a great job. Very rarely does a person who comments negatively about an officer eating a meal comment positively when an officer goes above and beyond his regular duties. Some people don\'t realize that Cranbury is not unlike all other towns. There are drunk drivers, drugs, domestic violence, traffic accidents, burglaries, traffic safety and school duties, juvenile issues etc etc etc. Be proud of and support our Police Dept.

[Older Resident-8694]

OK, first. Lt. Dillane was with With the Mayor and he was not on duty. He was there to answer questions residents might have about Cranbury, and which were best answered by the police department. 2nd, I saw the other 2 officers as I also had breakfast at that time. I don't know where 90 minutes came from. I didn't time them or my meal, but I don't believe it was 90 minutes. Finally, I MUCH prefer our officers eating in town during their break then going to East Windsor. As one reader stated, a diner who was having a heart attack was lucky that an officer ( Paul Lindenfeld) was taking his break at Teddy's.

[anon-400n]

I have no problem with the police at Teddy's. 90 minutes wouldn't suprise since that seems to be the average time it takes to get a meal at Teddy's.