Public Safety
In the News - State Police Funding
Towns buck police plan
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
By Heather Simione
hsimione@sjnewsco.com
With the state now requiring municipalities to begin paying for state police patrols, at least two local government bodies are protesting.
The Borough of Elmer and Mannington Township have both officially objected by passing resolutions opposing the payments.
Under the new state budget, 89 municipalities across the state must [...]
In the News - Rural Police Funding
Officials fight patrol fee
Representatives from both Warren and Hunterdon counties meet to discuss alternatives to paying for state police protection.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
BY STEPHEN J. NOVAK
The Express-Times
HAMPTON | Less than a week after South Jersey officials gathered to find alternatives to charges for state police coverage, leaders from Warren, Hunterdon and Sussex counties assembled to [...]
Public Officials Meeting - State Police Funding
A brief update on the public officials meeting last night in Hampton Borough.
It was practically standing room only in a sometimes “heated” discussion as to why the State feels the need to charge 89 municipalities for rural policing coverage of their municipalities.
Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow, Assemblyman Mike Doherty and Assemblyman Gary Chiusano along with Mayor’s Rob [...]
Opinion - Rural Police Funding
Don’t subsidize rural policing
ASBURY PARK PRESS EDITORIAL
State Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, is proposing a $40-per-summons surcharge on all motor vehicle violations to be used to underwrite State Police patrols in 89 towns that previously had received the service for free.
It’s a wrong-headed response to the problem - small towns, mostly rural, being allowed [...]
In the News - Public Safety
Parts of rural N.J. to pay for State Police service
By LISA GRZYBOSKI
Courier-Post Staff
After escaping similar plans in 2002 and 2006 that were ultimately scrapped from the final state budget, rural towns that rely on the New Jersey State Police for all or part of their police protection will have to start paying something for that [...]
In the News - NJSP Funding
Charge may pay for state patrols
Thursday, August 07, 2008
By Trish G. Graber tgraber@sjnewsco.com
BUENA VISTA TWP. - South Jersey legislators and elected officials across the state are pushing back against charges for state police coverage imposed on rural municipalities with part-time or no police forces of their own.
About 40 locally elected officials from Cumberland to Hunterdon [...]
Public Safety - NJ State Police Funding
Lebanon Borough received their letter from the State Treasurer explaining that they would be required to pay $92,548 for police services the other day.
As we reported in an earlier post, Lebanon Borough will be required to pay $48.81 per capita - the HIGHEST per-capita cost in Hunterdon County for it’s 1,896 residents.
The letter states the [...]
Opinion - State Police Funding
Small towns plan big revolt on State Police fees
Posted by cjrothma August 07, 2008 06:00AM
Here’s today’s brain-teaser from the age of Corzine:
Suppose a small-town mayor decides that his constituents can’t afford the big tax hikes needed to pay the fees the Corzine administration wants to impose for State Police service.
Who’s going to come and arrest [...]
Council Meeting - Preparation
In preparation for the upcoming work session, I am proposing 2 Resolutions to the governing Body.
Resolution authorizing Hampton Borough to be the lead agency for a shared service feasability study for police coverage.
Resolution in support of NJDEP legislation for unmuffled engine braking (Jake Braking).
The feasibility study is being led by Mayor Rob Walton of Hampton [...]
In the News - Public Safety
Trooper fees mount while towns think
Thursday, July 31, 2008
By Warren Cooper
Towns that don’t have full-time police forces are beginning to get serious about how they’ll react to the idea of paying for heretofore free State Police rural coverage. As of today, many towns owe the state an as-yet-unspecified amount of money for their first month [...]
In the News - Public Safety
Towns face charges for services of state cops
By LISA G. RYAN
Gannett State Bureau
Towns that depend on the New Jersey State Police for all or part of their police protection received letters this week indicating how much they’ll have to pay the state if they want to keep the service.
The 89 towns affected — mostly rural, [...]
In the News - Rural Police Funding
Rocky Hill challenges bill for State Police patrols
The number of towns challenging a provision in the new state budget that bills them for previously free State Police patrols has grown to seven, including tiny Rocky Hill in Somerset County.
Ed Zimmerman, the unpaid mayor of Rocky Hill Borough, said today the annual $90,000 bill for State [...]
