Yaede-Christie & Hamilton Police Manpower-Overtime

Governor Christie made a campaign stop in Hamilton Wednesday night doing a meet and greet at Jo Jo’s Tavern. So it begs the question why did Mayor Yaede order 15 Hamilton Township Police officers to work overtime from 6 -9 pm?  Our sources confirm that 15 Hamilton officers in 15 separate police vehicles were ordered to be in the Mercerville area during the period of the Govs Hamilton visit. The last time I checked the NJ State Police were responsible for the Governor’s security and by all accounts Christie’s security detail is quite able and competent.

Several important questions come to mind. Why were an additional 15 officers and vehicles required to be present for the duration of the Governors visit?  What was the cost to the Hamilton Taxpayers for paying 15 officers 3 hours of overtime pay?  Who directed the redistribution of police manpower? Is it appropriate to direct any taxpayer funded assets to benefit a partisan political function?  Finally, if Ms Yaede requested/demanded the extra police presence does she even have the authority to make such a decision as the Mayor and as a civilian Public Safety Director?  For this answer take a peek at our prior post as well as some of the authorities it references. http://hamiltonintegrity.blogspot.com/2013/10/yaedes-police-equipped-suv.html

In these tight budgetary times, less than a week before the election, should our appointed Mayor be wasting thousands of the taxpayer’s hard earned dollars for a political event?  We do not think so.  If Hamilton was spending overtime dollars to increase the police presence, might the manpower and funds have been better spent for township wide safety on mischief night and Halloween?  They could have been distributed to the South Broad St. and Park Ave area where there have been 2 armed robberies in 2 weeks.  Perhaps the extra police could have been placed in the Bromley area where there has been a wave of shootings in the past 6 weeks.  Or maybe the funds could’ve been used to fix the malfunctioning surveillance cameras in the Bromley area.  Our sources suggest that law enforcement may have had video of several of the Bromley shooters and hard evidence of those crimes, if those Bromley cameras were operating properly at the time of the shootings.

Ms Yaede, tell the truth to Hamiltonians about the rising violent crime and end your silence regarding the shootings, armed robberies, assaults and gangs in Hamilton. If, you are insistent on playing Public Safety Director, then lead, instead of being a mime in a silent film.


Ms Yaede, stop the partisan politics on the taxpayer’s dime!  Stop playing cop when you do not possess an ounce of law enforcement experience or police training and stop interfering in police operations.