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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Montville Police to Implement Study Suggestions

Police department to continue using two officers per arrest and motorcycles for traffic control.

The Montville Township Police Department will work to implement a number of staffing recommendations resulting from a year-long study highlighting the department’s strengths and weaknesses. Township Administrator Victor Canning addressed all 21 of the suggestions made by Matrix Consulting Group, the California company which conducted the study at Tuesday's township committee meeting. High among those recommendations was increasing patrol staffing levels to 22 officers. Canning said he and Police Chief Richard Cook would ideally like more officers on patrol but that uncertainty over next year’s budget makes that a lofty goal. The department will also service two suggestions – further defining the patrol sergeant role and authorizing a …

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