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Prospect Park PBA Issues No-Confidence Vote As Mayor, Council Seek Civilian Police Director Prospect Park PBA Issues No-Confidence Vote As Mayor, Council Seek Civilian Police Director
Prospect Park PBA Issues No-Confidence Vote As Mayor, Council Seek Civilian Police Director There are many reasons why you can easily count the number of police directors in New Jersey’s 564 municipalities. These are many of the same reasons that Prospect Park’s police union has declared a vote of no-confidence in the borough’s mayor, as well as its council majority, who are about to place a civilian in charge of their police department. Police and public safety directors often work well in cities – take Paterson, for instance, which has nearly 160,000 residents, or Newark, which has more than 300,000 residents and nearly 1,300 police officers. Directors in the cities are ordinar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fire Destroys One Prospect Park Home, Ravages Another Fire Destroys One Prospect Park Home, Ravages Another
Fire Destroys One Prospect Park Home, Ravages Another Firefighters from surrounding towns rushed to aid their colleagues in Prospect Park after a noontime house fire spread to a neighboring home. Initial reports of an occupant possibly trapped thankfully proved unfounded after the fire broke out on the second floor of the primary North 11 Street home, off Fairview Avenue, around 11:30 a.m. Council President Anand Shah called for prayers for those who lost their homes and belongings in the destructive blaze, which topped out at five alarms for coverage. Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah praised the first responders who braved not only the fire itse…

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by Jerry DeMarco