Police Department Updates

RESIDENT NOTIFICATION

EFFECTIVE THIS DATE,  SEPTEMBER 1, 2010, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NO LONGER BE FOLLOWING THE STREET SWEEPER AND ISSUING SUMMONS’ UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

THE STREET SWEEPER WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE DAILY AND WE ASK THAT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS CONTINUE TO COOPERATE AND MOVE THEIR VEHICLES SO THAT UNNECESSARY DEBRIS DOES NOT BUILD-UP IN THE CURB AREAS THAT MAY CAUSE STORM DRAIN PROBLEMS FOR THE CITY.

THIS COURTESY IS PROVIDED BY THE BORDENTOWN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT INDEFINITELY UNTIL SUCH TIME PROPER NOTIFICATION IS GIVEN WHEN THE POLICE WILL ONCE AGAIN COMMENCE FOLLOWING THE STREET SWEEPER AND ISSUING SUMMONS’.

THIS MEMORANDUM CAME FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE, AUTHORIZED BY MAYOR / PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR,  JAMES E. LYNCH JR.

“ALERT”

BETWEEN 12:00AM -3:30AM,  August 20, 2010

THE BORDENTOWN CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING NUMEROUS CAR ENTRIES THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT WITHIN THE NORTHERN AREA’S  OF PARK AND SECOND STREETS. THE PERPETRATOR'S WERE ENTERING UNLOCKED VEHICLES AND STEALING SMALL TANGIBLE PROPERTY SUCH AS GPS SYSTEMS, LOOSE CHANGE, I-PODS, CD’S AND PURSES, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE EASILY CONCEALED AND CARRIED WITHOUT DETECTION.

POLICE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO BE SURE AND LOCK YOUR VEHICLES WHETHER PARKED ON THE STREET, IN A PARKING LOT OR IN YOUR DRIVEWAY. ANOTHER DETERRENT WOULD BE TO LEAVE AN OUTSIDE LIGHT ON DURING THE NIGHT IF RESIDING IN AN AREA WHERE DIM LIGHT CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT AND MOREOVER, REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS PERSON'S OBSERVED LINGERING IN THE AREA.

ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION THAT WOULD ASSIST THE POLICE IN THE APPREHENSION OF THE PERPETRATOR'S INVOLVED, PLEASE CONTACT THE BORDENTOWN CITY POLICE AT  609-298-0103 X28. YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.

Bordentown City Police Department, 324 Farnsworth Ave, Bordentown, NJ 08505