Below is a recording of the Town Hall meeting held at the Asbury church on Monday night. Key points of interest:
- The current budget for the police department is around $750k, with a lot of that being consumed by insane amounts of overtime.
- The expected budget after Camden County takes over is around $1 million, and will ensure that there are always at least two officers and a sergeant on duty.
- The costs through the end of the year have already been figured out, and will not be passed on to the residents at this time.
- Residents are likely to start to see the costs for this, as well as the upcoming take over of the fire department, in 2025.
- Starting in September, Camden County will supplement our existing department, with the takeover official in October.
- None of our current officers are fully trained, and those remaining after the takeover will get the training that they are missing.