![]() The response time our dispatchers have is second to none and cannot be duplicated by the county. “Apparently the life-saving tasks our dispatchers perform 24 hours a day, seven days a week are not important to them. Since the needed funds are available at the township level, there is no need to go to county dispatch and to fire our 13 dispatchers. He alleged local Republicans “are using the money needed for upgraded communication equipment as a ploy, power play and/or political statement to oust our dispatchers. As a member of the Marlboro Township Coalition to ‘save our dispatchers and save lives,’ I was, along with representatives from various (adult communities), other police officers and non-county dispatchers from other towns, ready to speak out on this issue.” “Knowing full well the large turnout of residents in favor of keeping our 911 police dispatchers, they had no choice. ![]() Regarding the cancellation of the June 2 special meeting, Ginsburg told the News Transcript, “I can fully understand the canceling of (the special meeting) by the three new council members and/or the council president, at which the fate of our 911 police dispatchers was to be the topic. He said he believed municipal officials would be able to fund improvements that are needed to upgrade the police department’s dispatching equipment and systems. Ginsburg objected to moving Marlboro’s dispatching responsibilities to Monmouth County. There are two Democrats on the council – Michael Scalea and Randi Marder. When Ginsburg addressed the issue on May 19, he said he believed the three Republicans who joined the Township Council in January – Michael Milman, Antoinette DiNuzzo and Qazi – had been discussing the idea of moving the dispatch services out of Marlboro and to Monmouth County since shortly after they took office. Members of the public would have had an opportunity to state their views on the matter to the members of the governing body. On May 19, council members said information regarding the police communications issue would be presented at the June 2 special meeting.Īccording to a public notice announcing the June 2 meeting, no formal action would have been taken at the meeting. In recent years, officials in many municipalities in Monmouth County have eliminated their internal police dispatching unit and shifted that responsibility to the county’s communications center in Freehold Township. The Marlboro Police Department employs dispatchers who handle calls in the community. During the public comment portion of that evening’s meeting, resident Alan Ginsburg addressed the issue of police dispatch services in Marlboro. No decision has been made as to the (rescheduling of the) public meeting.”ĭuring a council meeting on May 19, council members voted 5-0 to schedule the special meeting on June 2. In response to an inquiry from the News Transcript, Township Council President Juned Qazi said, “the decision was made to cancel the (June 2) meeting as we are still fact-gathering from the stakeholders.
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