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Gloucester Township Now Recycles Electronics The Following Items Can Be Brought To The Public Works Building 8 am -4 pm Monday - Thursday. • 15.17,19,21” Monitors. Flat Screens &All-In-Ones • Towers, Desktops And Laptops. • Uninterrupted Power Supply • Keyboards, Mouse And Speakers • All Type Of Wire • Gold Clip Ends • Printers, Fax Machines. Scanners, Modems, Copy Machines • All Type Of Memory, Any Hard Drives • Fans And Power Supplies • Mother. B. C, Tweener And Finger Boards • Ac Adaptors, Yokes, And Motor • Plastic. Baled Or Loose Aluminum. Brass, Light Iron & Copper • Metals. Baled Or Loose. • All Related Computer Parts • Phones, Cell Phones, Phone & Laptop Batteries • Pc Scrap And Stereos (No Wood). • VCRs, DVDs. CD Players, Boomboxes • Any Audio And Visual Equipment • Scanners And Pagers • Cash Registers And Scales • Rechargeable Batteries • Appliances Not Containing Compressors Easy Things You Can Do Every Day To Protect Our Water Limit your use of fertilizers and pesticides • Do a soil test to see if you need a fertilizer. • Do not apply fertilizers if heavy rain is predicted. • Look into alternatives for pesticides. • Maintain a small lawn & keep the rest of your property with vegetation that needs little or no fertilizer. • If you use fertilizers and pesticides, follow the instructions on the label on how to correctly apply it. Properly use & dispose of hazardous products· • Hazardous products include cleaning products, lawngarden products, motor oil, antifreeze, & paints. • Do not pour any hazardous products down a storm drain; they are connected to local water bodies. • If you have hazardous products, make sure you store or dispose of them properly. • Use natural or less toxic alternatives when possible. • Recycle used motor oil. Keep pollution out of storm drains • Towns are required to mark certain storm drain inlets that they are connected to local water bodies. • Do not let sewage or other wastes flow into a storm water system. Don’t litter • Place litter in trash receptacles. • Recycle. Recycle. Recycle. • Participate in community cleanups. Dispose of yard waste properly • Keep leaves and grass out of storm drains. • Use leaves and grass clippings as a resource for compost. • Use a mulching mower that recycles grass clippings into the lawn. Clean up after your pet • Many municipalities and public agencies must enact and enforce local pet-waste rules. • Make sure you know your town’s requirements and comply with them. It’s the law. • Use newspaper, bags or pooperscoopers to pick up wastes. • Dispose of the wrapped pet waste in the trash or unwrapped in a toilet. • Never discard pet waste in a storm drain. 6
Police Department News Implementation Of New Strategic Operations Plan Police Chief Harry Earle with the support of Mayor Mayer and Council have announced an effort to provide more efficient service to the community, build a stronger connection to the community, and more effectively address criminal activity through the implementation of a strategic operational change. This will address areas including understanding and recognition of job performance, building better relationships with the community while improving quality of life, revising operational plans to achieve maximum effectiveness, and a focus on all police functions in an effort to address criminal activity. These major areas are referred to as: People, Community, Operations, and Crime. A reorganization within the department has resulted in the creation of the Community and Personnel Services Division commanded by a Police Captain. This change places Professional Standards (Internal Affairs), Code Enforcement, and Community Relations under the command of one leader to assist in improving the quality of life for our residents. A Community Relations Bureau has also been established. The Bureau Supervisor, Sgt. Brendan Barton, will directly oversee the Community Relations Unit (previously Crime Prevention Unit), Code Enforcement Unit, DARE Program, Society Improvement Program, Neighborhood Watch Programs, and all community police partnerships. This will enable the police to interact more frequently with community groups, build additional neighborhood watch groups, and address quality of life issues through the work of the Code Enforcement Unit. Residents are urged to contact the Community Relations Bureau at 856-374-3513 or communityrelations@gtpolice.com to become involved in a community program or request an officer speak to their community group. The police department has initiated a weekly meeting to analyze crime data, police incidents, neighborhood watch information, and the progress of investigations in an effort to focus available resources to the most critical areas. This meeting, entitled the Crime Operations Assessment, also known as “COA”, is a full participatory meeting involving the Chief of Police, Division Commanders, Traffic Safety Unit Supervisor, and the Watch Commander. The COA meeting will become the primary element in the Gloucester Township Police Departments efforts in combating crime. The police department has also enhanced its Quality of Life Meeting “QOLM” which follows the COA meeting. This meeting is attended by all who attend the COA meeting as well as Mayor Mayer, representatives from the Code Enforcement Unit, Public Works Department, Community Development/Zoning Department, and other governmental agencies as necessary. The QOLM serves to address problem properties and quality of life issues through the enforcement of ordinance and zoning violations. Additionally, specific crime issues discovered during the COA meeting are discussed at the QOLM to ensure that all recourses are utilized to address criminal activity. A Professional Standards Unit (Internal Affairs) has also been created under the Community and Personnel Services Division. This unit consists of a Detective assigned full time to investigate and address citizen complaints against officers and to review officer’s performance on a regular basis. This is to ensure officers are performing their duties consistent with departmental policy and procedures. This change permits one Detective, specifically trained in internal affairs investigations, to have a clear view of all officers’ conduct. Any person wishing to speak with an officer in the Professional Standards Unit may contact them at 856-374-3513 or professionalstandards@gtpolice.com. A schedule modification of officers assigned to the Patrol Division was implemented on April 1st. This change entailed assigning officers during times of peak calls for service and times that the COA meeting found will greatly assist in the goal of addressing criminal activity. The schedule modification is an ongoing assessment and a full review of personnel scheduling is continuing. The Police Department is confident that achieving these goals in the areas of People, Community, Operations, and Crime will greatly improve police operational effectiveness and improve our resident’s quality of life. 7
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