None of what you're saying is true.

how do you know that the police department is not properly staffed?

Oh, please. It's a BANK ROBBERY, not street crime. It's reasonable to argue that muggings and the like can be addressed with additional patrols, task forces, etc.; crimes like bank robberies are going to take place everywhere there are banks, and if the robbers have any sense, are MORE likely to happen in suburbs than cities -- response times should be longer and a quick getaway onto a highway should be easy.

wohopeful I think there is considerable merit in what you say. Police Director Parisi and Chief Abbott contend that while the total number of officers is down, the available officers are being used more effectively.They say that officers who were behind desks have been reassigned to street duty. Question ; What were these officers doing at their desks? Nothing? Or nothing of any consequence? Or maybe they were doing important police work, and this is a case of borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Question: The West Orange girl's soccer coach is a West Orange police detective. How does he coach every day after school and still do the shift work that the Police Department requires? I have read many ,many times about police officers being granted waivers so they can coach or teach. Has the WOPD exempted him from afternoon and evening shifts { including weekends } so he can coach? I think they must have.That's more effective utilization of manpower? As Will Rogers said," I only know what I read in the papers ." Regarding the armed robberies and murders in town, how many of these people has the West Orange Police Department apprehended? West Orange has { approximately} 1 officer for every 500 citizens, and the Township is slightly larger than 12 square miles in area.

SKY ROCKET! Please, get a grip on yourself. You sound like an alarmist, as if the town is running a free amusement park for criminals. Fortunately we don't live in a gated community.

Usually when I hear about a bank robbery it is in a "safe suburban town". My friend was a bank teller in a town of less than 5,000 people and his bank got robbed. This is nothing unique to West Orange, does not indicate any kind of trend, nor is it anything for people to be concerned about.

Agreed. The timing is suspect.

i agree with that.

The bomb threats were at around 9:45 am, and the buildings had been clear and everyone let back in well before the bank robbery, which was after 1 pm. The diversion would have been a good plan, but absolutely doesn't seem to have been the case.

The robbery and the bomb threats were Monday.