Author	Message
anon-400n	Posted: Tue, Aug 12 2014, 4:02 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful 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.
Older Resident-8694	Posted: Sun, Aug 10 2014, 5:57 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful 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.
one-a-day	Posted: Fri, Aug 8 2014, 10:55 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful 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.
Teaparty-6165	Posted: Mon, Aug 4 2014, 6:36 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful 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.
anon-4652	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 4:52 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful I work 8-4:30. 8 1/2 but get paid for 8. Pretty sure that means I don't get paid for lunch.
anon-921r	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 2:22 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful anon-p9nn wrote: Huhhh, wish I had a job that paid me for my lunch break Do you earn a salary? If so you are. Most jobs factor in lunch. Otherwise instead of 9-5 standard hours would be 9-6.
anon-p9nn	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 1:48 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful Huhhh, wish I had a job that paid me for my lunch break
anon-54r5	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 12:21 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful anon-p816 wrote: 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. You can't do that though as it's a false visual. If I took the average salary in my office of 150 +/- employees and then applied the cost of their lunch hour I guarantee it would equal the cost of at least a few employees if not more. Someone who works in a large company with 5,000+ employees could pay a full year's salary in just one day's lunch break for their employees.
anon-p816	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 9:02 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful 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-921r	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 7:06 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful You said though that 79% of the officer's time is sitting at Teddy's. That was what I was correcting.
Simple math-p81q	Posted: Tue, Jul 29 2014, 5:50 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful I think your math is for 1 officer my math was for 3 officers per day( when one group is off there is another group working). [/quote]
Humbug-q667	Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2014, 9:04 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful This is getting funny. Fuzzy math The event at Teddy's that started the discussion turns now into a daily occurrence where all police officers hang out @ Teddy's for 90 minutes daily.
anon-921r	Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2014, 6:23 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful Simple math-p827 wrote: According to App.com the average officer makes $95,000 per year assuming they work 40 hrs per week. 95,000 ~ 2080 = 45.67 per hr. X1 1/2 hrs =68.50 x 3 officers=$205.50 per day wasted 205.50x 365 days =$75,000 per yr wasted or 1 1/2 hrs day x 3 officers = 4 1/2 hrs day x 365 =1,642 hrs year. If 1 officers works 2080 hrs yr. 1,642 hrs wasted~ 2080 hrs year = 79% of his time would have been sitting at Teddys. Your math is flawed. First as the TC has pointed out they work 12 hour shifts. So that means they are on duty for just over 3 days before going off. Let's assume 3.5 days (increases the number). 3.5 times 1.5 (90 minutes) though I doubt the 90 minute number. Even so that is 5.25 hours a week. Times 52 weeks is 273 a year or 13%. If they take an hour break as is more realistic then we're talking 3.5 times 52 weeks or 182 hours 9% of the time. That assumes no sick day or vacation. At worst for you they are spending 13% of their personal (lunch or breakfast) time in town not Monroe or Plainsboro. Spending money at our businesses instead of bringing lunch or breakfast or at delis or restaurants in other towns. Spending time speaking with our residents. Spending time being visible in town. All done during their lunch hour. In my view our businesses would be rich if every resident and worker in Cranbury adopted this philosophy. Now, you may not see an officer. I don't see many myself. However, to me that is good. I lived in places where I regularly saw officers and it was never good.
Simple math-p827	Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2014, 4:35 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful According to App.com the average officer makes $95,000 per year assuming they work 40 hrs per week. 95,000 ~ 2080 = 45.67 per hr. X1 1/2 hrs =68.50 x 3 officers=$205.50 per day wasted 205.50x 365 days =$75,000 per yr wasted or 1 1/2 hrs day x 3 officers = 4 1/2 hrs day x 365 =1,642 hrs year. If 1 officers works 2080 hrs yr. 1,642 hrs wasted~ 2080 hrs year = 79% of his time would have been sitting at Teddys.
Humbug-q667	Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2014, 3:00 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful I am going to be a troll now.... I guess the 90 minutes that officers don't have to patrol the roads would bring the response time down significantly? Does the poster that complains about the lack of police presence in his/her neighborhood offers a solution? How many of those alarms go off were real emergencies? Are our officers called to his neighborhood for emergencies that are not emergencies?
anon-921r	Posted: Mon, Jul 28 2014, 1:29 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Wasteful anon;34-0qs4 wrote: I agree with the poster who says they rarely ever see a police car in their neighborhood. In our neighborhood I can guarantee we see more Plainsboro police cars just passing through than we ever see from Cranbury. To top it off when one of the alarms go off in the neighborhood it takes at least 15 minutes for a response from out police dept. I'm not so sure we are well protected. With 3 officers I would guess it depends when the alarm goes off, where the officers are and what they are doing. Cranbury is 12 sq miles. If this is factual, I highly suggested you raise the concern with the TC or go to Teddy's when the Mayor and Chief are in and ask them to address it. I know the Shady Brook development sees more Plainsboro officers as the road (forget the name) past Simonsons and Stults is a main connector Plainsboro. Similarly I imagine half acre sees a lot of Monroe cars.