April 21, 2012 To: TTF Public Safety Subcommittee From: Yina Moore, Barbara Trelstad, Chad Goerner,

and Liz Lempert RE: Consolidated Police Force Leadership We have a concern about the consolidated police force that we wanted to bring to your attention. Using the presumed flowchart and the existing command structure of the two police departments, the top leadership of the new department would be comprised exclusively of Borough personnel to the total exclusion of Township personnel. Specifically, the Chief and Captain positions would be Borough personnel (Chief Dudeck and Capt. Nick Sutter), and the two senior Lieutenants would also be Borough personnel (Lt. Sharon Papp and Lt. Bob Currier). This is potentially problematic because it appears, if only in perception, to be a takeover of one police department by the other. One option is for Township Committee to promote its current Officer in Charge to Acting Chief so that one Township officer would be part of the higher leadership structure of the new department. There may be additional options in terms of structuring a process to ensure a more balanced outcome and wanted to bring this to your attention. We welcome your suggestions.