Saturday, January 12, 2013
Cinnaminson's public safety director said the department monitors themselves and reacts to trends.
The state’s uniform crime report is out—an analysis of crime data from police agencies throughout New Jersey. But whatever the numbers are for the township, Cinnaminson’s Public Safety Director Michael P. King doesn’t give it much credence. “We’re not waiting for the uniform crime report to come out,” King said. “We react as things are fresh. We monitor crime trends and react to them.” After all, the numbers are a bit old. The report comes out in mid-December, but the numbers are for the full previous year. The Dec. 14, 2012 report is for 2011. But they still mean the same thing. And for Cinnaminson, nothing much stands out aside from the number of burglaries. In 2010, the number of burglaries reported in Cinnaminson is 53. In 2011, the …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
See Mayor Don Brauckmann, Public Safety Director Michael King and Lt. Tim Young help ShopRite's Partners In Caring initiative to help fight hunger.
Some familiar faces will be bagging groceries tomorrow at ShopRite in Cinnaminson, as several local dignitaries—including Mayor Don Brauckmann—will participate in ShopRite Partners In Caring Day. More than 200 ShopRite stores in six states are trying to raise $1.5 million to help fight hunger in honor of September’s National Hunger Action Month. Local “celebrities” will be bagging groceries and accepting monetary donations that will buy food for community food banks and food pantries. “Hunger is a real problem,” said Orien Reid, ShopRite spokeswoman. “It’s a problem that affects us all.” Partners In Caring, a hunger-fighting initiative, has been in effective for about six years and since its inception, about $29 million has been donated to…
Saturday, August 11, 2012
John Rooney contends a car for Cinnaminson's police director was in the budget, but the rest of committee overlooked it.
Committeeman John Rooney said Friday that it’s entirely possible the rest of township committee did not know about a new car for the township’s public safety director, but the information was there nevertheless. “Should they have known? Absolutely they should have known,” Rooney said. “The data was there for them to read.” Earlier this week, township committee voted 3-1 (with one abstention) for the 24-hour use of a vehicle for Michael P. King, public safety director. It wasn't until after that four out of five township committee members discovered King’s vehicle was a brand new Dodger Charger, not an old Dodge Durango he had been using. The Charger was part of a new fleet of police vehicles approved earlier this year by township committee…
Friday, August 10, 2012
Two township committee members contend they weren't given the full story about a take-home vehicle recently approved for Public Safety Director Michael P. King.
Cinnaminson's township committee gave the public safety director an upgrade this week—unwittingly, some officials say—when it voted to allow him to drive a town-owned car off-hours. Some committee members say they were led to believe that the take-home car they authorized to Michael P. King was a spare car in the department’s fleet, not a brand new leased vehicle. Rather than an extra Dodge Durango, King has been driving a new Dodge Charger included in the purchase of a new fleet of police cars that township committee signed off on earlier this year. King's Charger costs $23,542, financed along with other cars for $110,719 by way of a three-year lease-purchase state contract. “It was never stated to us that one of these new vehicles …
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Cinnaminson officials say the fuel costs are absorbed by more revenue from traffic tickets and court fees.
Cinnaminson’s public safety director will now be able to use his government-issued car to drive to and from work, and officials say the only cost associated with that is fuel. At Monday night’s township committee meeting, members voted 3-1 (with one abstention) to allow Michael P. King to drive his work vehicle to Cinnaminson and back home. King already uses an unmarked former patrol car while working in Cinnaminson. Officials put the extra costs associated with driving to and from work at around $2,500 a year. “It’s not a large sum of money that we’re talking about,” said Deputy Mayor Anthony Minniti. King, who started in June 2011 as Cinnaminson’s public safety director, the police department’s top administrative position, commutes from …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Substantial revenue can allow Mickey King, the public safety director, to use a township-issued car—not just for emergencies.
Township committee members were split Monday night over the decision to issue a company car to Public Safety Director Michael P. King. But in the end, the top police administrator will get one. Committeeman John Rooney, who is the liaison to the police department, said revenue is up nearly 75 percent over last year and it won’t cost more than $5,000 for King to have the car. Or else, Rooney said, he’d pay the overage out of his own pocket. “Our accolades for [King] have just been absolutely beyond words,” Rooney said. The praise for King didn’t stop with Rooney; all township committee members agreed he’s turned the police department around, however some were unsure if changing township policy to allow the car was the way to go. Deputy …
The event, celebrated across the country, is aimed at community policing and crime prevention in neighborhoods.
In an effort to boost residents’ involvement in community policing, the Cinnaminson Police Department is holding its first National Night Out today. Held on this date across the country, National Night Out is a crime and drug prevention event that promotes neighborhood spirit. Public Safety Director Michael P. King brought up the idea to the department whose officers are helping plan the event. “We want to make sure everybody is aware of what’s going on in their neighborhood,” said Officer Michael Czarzasty. Czarzasty has been at the forefront of Cinnaminson’s community policing efforts the past few years, serving as head of the DARE program and the junior police academy. This year’s theme for National Night Out in Cinnaminson is safety. …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Police here, led by Director King and Officer Czarzasty, are involving the community more and more with each event.
Continuing its rampant efforts to beef up community policing in Cinnaminson, the department here is offering its first youth police academy at the end of this month. Organized and led by Officer Michael Czarzasty, the academy is geared toward middle school students who will learn public safety, defensive tactics, firearms and much more. “They are going to learn anything a police officer does throughout his or her career,” Czarzasty said. “It pretty much sums it up in a week. We have a lot of information but we make it fun too.” Czarzasty is no stranger to community policing. Last year, he created the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program for the town’s sixth-graders and raised money to fix up the department’s DARE car. He helps …
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Michael P. King was serving as deputy chief at the county prosecutor's office when the planes hit 10 years ago.
We interviewed Public Safety Director Michael P. King one year ago on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. His story is still poignant and rings true today so we are reposting it here. Cinnaminson Patch thanks all the fire, police and emergency workers who gave their lives during 9/11 and who continue to serve us today—here, in New York City and around the world. __________ Michael P. King remembers finally leaving work the night of the Sept. 11 attacks 10 years ago. He stopped at Wawa first. In the store, usually no one acknowledges one another, the Cinnaminson public safety director said. “Everybody that day was on the same level,” King said. “Everybody was feeling the same thing. People were cordial to each other; they were …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Mayor Kathy Fitzpatrick praised Pat Reilly for his help in finding a public safety director for the township.
Pat Reilly, director of public safety for the Burlington County Bridge Commission, was honored at Monday's committee meeting for his involvement in helping the township choose a public safety director. Mayor Kathy Fitzpatrick said Reilly, a Cinnaminson resident, was "instrumental" during the process of interviewing candidates for the new public safety director position with the Cinnaminson Township Police Department. Last month, the township committee approved the appointment of Michael P. King, a retired chief of detectives for the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office. King, known as "Mickey," began his post as public safety director June 28. Reilly was awarded with a proclamation from the township.
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Rick
4:55 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Frank if you think 19 officers for a town of almost 16,000 people is enough than you are truly delusional. We should have at least double what we have 40 officers would be the ideal number for a town of our size. We have very limited police protection in this town more ›