Robbinsville Police Seek $140,000 in Overtime
The Robbinsville Police Department is seeking $140,000 for overtime expenses, nearly double the $75,000 it had two years ago. According to Police Chief Martin Masseroni, the increase is needed in part to cover increased salaries and overtime pay. Time-sensitive investigations can result in overtime work and when there are more investigations, like investigating bomb threats made at township schools, more money is needed to pay for the time to work on these cases. Other factors cited as reasons for the increase are: growing duties, high school security, armed court escorts, increased state requirements regarding school incidents, and new or upgraded computer hardware and software. Robbinsville currently has 27 police officers.
See also: The Times
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January 15th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Are you serious with this question? Of course they should be granted the extra expenses. Look at the list of reasons why these expenses are needed, they seem pretty imortant to me. And those who say different are the first to complain that the police don’t do their jobs. Well, if they had the money to hire more officers or to work the needed overtime, then they could serve the community more efficiently and make our neighborhoods safer.