Mayor's Comments Raise a Flag

To the editor:

As a resident and a former police officer I find Mayor Vaughan's rash prediction that Chatham Borough will eventually be sharing its police force very disturbing. At the he also stated that our police budget is "one of the biggest expenses we have right now."

Frankly, I'm quite happy with our excellent police force and I don't want to share these hard-working public servants with any other municpality. Mayor Vaughan's comments are unwelcomed and hardly a vote of confidence in what most Chatham residents would agree is an exemplary police department and more than worthy of their tax dollars.

Given the mayor's certainty on sharing our police force, how can we trust him not to merge our town?

Jayme LaJeunesse

540 Main Street, Apt 1B
Chatham, NJ 07928