Is cop merger win-win deal?
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2012
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
ANALYSIS
The long-running debate over police consolidation in Bergen County enters a new and potentially decisive phase this week.
A little more than two months after scuttling a proposed merger of the county Police Department into the Sheriff’s Office, the Bergen County Freeholder Board will decide on a contract to provide police services to Demarest.
At issue is whether the proposal is a win-win deal that will save taxpayers on both sides or – as critics contend – an unfair subsidy that benefits one Bergen town at the expense of the other 69.
County officials say the Demarest proposal is a one-of-a-kind offer, not likely to be replicated should other towns seek similar agreements.
“The fact that Demarest is the first gives them a certain advantage,” County Administrator Ed Trawinski said.
Trawinski, who detailed the contract in a recent interview, said the deal with Demarest is unique because of its timing: The 89-member county Police Department is understaffed for the growing volume of calls that it has been handling.
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yea they should with the fire dept.