Another anonymous letter sent to the media alleging wrongdoing within the Plainsboro Police Department prompted comments on the News’ website.
While some readers on www.wwpinfo.com theorized that the letter could contain some grains of truth, township officials maintain that the police department is following the law.
The News reported earlier this month that the letter alleged, yet again, that the department is circumventing the state law against mandating ticket quotas. According to the letter, officers are being questioned when the number of summonses they issue is low in comparison with their colleagues’ — a way around the illegal practice of creating a mandatory number of summonses for each officer to issue.
In response, one comment on the West Windsor & Plainsboro News stated: “Must be a lot of truth to it. No comment from anyone because they want more tickets so they can get more revenue.”
The same responder added: “When you have this many internal complaints leaking out to the public over such a long period it’s obvious that there is truth to it. I hear around my neighborhood that there are a lot more problems at this department. Those that I have talked to say the people running this place shouldn’t be in charge of a lemonade stand.”
When questioned about the anonymous letters, and their long history, Mayor Peter Cantu said he would not speculate. “That’s ridiculous. These things have been looked at in the past, and they don’t have any basis in reality.”
“Anonymous letters just don’t rise to the level of warranting a response,” he said.
Cantu said officials have looked into the department’s policies and have found them to be legal.
