Volume LXX, Number 32
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
With Police Under Pressure, Training Pays Off
Police officers throughout the country are under unusual pressures on the job these days. Recent police shootings of black men and sniper attacks on police have dominated the news and have created heightened levels of criticism, scrutiny, concern, and fear. The Princeton Police Department — through many different training initiatives — and the community at large have been grappling with this problem, and an incident that took place last week demonstrated some positive results from their efforts. At a special forum two weeks ago, local police, religious leaders, municipal officials, and local residents confronted the challenges facing Princeton and other communities nationwide in this climate of alarm, hostility, and violence. Mayor Liz Lempert and others at the forum talked about the need “to understand a multitude of perspectives,” “to empathize and humanize” on all sides in seeking to move towards reconciliation. She said that on issues of race and community-building “the work in communities like Princeton will set the national model.” The central portion of the program included speeches and a dialogue between a white police officer, Bill Kieffer, and an
African American, former gang member, now a Stone Hill Church elder, Tone Bellamy. The evening ended with vows to keep the dialogue proceeding along the path to understanding, empathy, and “changing the narrative.” Five days later, the words of Princeton’s well intentioned mayor, police officials and citizens were put to the test in a potentially dangerous incident on the streets and in a house in town. As reported in last week’s Police Blotter, as Princeton police officers investigated a suspicious vehicle connected to
burglaries outside the Princeton area in the early morning hours of Monday, August 1, a man emerged from the bushes on Dodds Lane and ran away, disobeying the officers’ orders to stop. Later that morning, in responding to an activated car alarm on Harriet Drive, officers noticed a subject matching the description of the man who had eluded them earlier. He ran again. They pursued. Their search led them to an apparently vacant Ewing Street home, where they heard a loud noise, entered the home through
After hearing from some members of the community and municipal staff, Princeton Council opted Monday evening to extend a public hearing on an ordinance that would alter the rules about cutting down trees in town. The meeting’s light agenda allowed for an extended discussion about the ordinance, which has been reworked by Princeton’s Shade Tree Commission and Code Review Committee. The measure will be taken up again at the Council’s Continued on Page 11 next meeting on September 12. Concerns about the effects of teardowns and increased development, damage done by storms such as Hurricane Sandy, and the ongoing destruction of As levels of anger rise, political conflicts Jersey state director of the Campaign for trees due to the emerald ash borer insects become more and more hostile, respect a Presidential Youth Council, a national are among the factors that were considfor government wanes, and support for effort to urge the president to sign an exered in the work on the ordinance. The publicly elected officials declines, who ecutive order creating an official Federal measure would call for taking the size of could blame young people for feeling dis- Advisory Council of 16- to 24-year-olds. a tree being removed into consideration affected? One local student, however, is Mr. Wellemeyer, who is responsible for when deciding how many trees would dedicated to making his voice, and the the campaign’s activities in New Jersey, have to be planted in its place. It would voices of millions of other young people, including managing the state’s 12 district also address application fees and a tree heard in Washington. directors, explained, “I am deeply interfund managed by the town. James Wellemeyer, 16-year-old ested in politics and a huge advocate for In response to a suggestion that some Rosedale Road resident and rising junior youth involvement and empowerment in trees such as Norway Maple and Tree of at The Lawrenceville School, is the New Continued on Page 11 Heaven be exempted because they are invasive species, Princeton’s municipal arborist Lorraine Konopka cautioned against the idea. “If a tree is hazardous or has storm damage or a fatal disease, that qualifies it to be exempt,” she said. “But we have some beautiful large ash trees on people’s properties. I don’t want to see that ash tree that’s perfect be cut because it might get the insect in 30 years.” Ms. Konopka added that a lot of trees T e R Ra M o M o T e RHRa MeonMI ng o s could qualify for the T category of invasive, aPP e R Ra M o M o H a P P e n I ng s which could lead to “at least 10 or 15 trees HaPPen s MoMo T Ieng R Ra that I think could be considered,” she Hsaid, a P P e n I ng s adding that some people consider hostas and wisteria to be invasive. “You start chipping away at what we’re trying to do, which is to try and keep our community Restaurant & enoteca Restaurant & enoteca forest intact.” Restaurant & enoteca Councilman Patrick Simon suggested Restaurant & enoteca T e R Ra M o M o that individuals be allowed to remove one tree per lot per year. Councilwoman Jo H a P P e n I ng s e Rproblem Ra M oMo Butler commented,T“The is that H aequal. P P eOne n tree I ng s not all lots are created story of wine is the story of exploration and on a lot in the tree streets affects a lot The The story of wine is the story of exploration and expansion. The story of wine is the story of exploration and Where ever ships traveled across the of people.” expansion. Where ever ships traveled across the The story of wine is the story ofthe exploration and Mediterranean , wine was sure to follow. Join everabout ships traveled across Thereexpansion. was someWhere confusion the Mediterranean , wine was sure to follow. Join ordinance becauseexpansion. only ,the Where ships across us traveled asJoinwe take youtheon the journey through the Mediterranean wineportions was sureever to follow. us as we take you on the journeyRestaurant through& enoteca the in which proposed Mediterranean , winethrough wasislands suretheof to the follow. Join Mediterranean sea , highlightus changes as we takeare you on the were journey Mediterranean seaYMCA , highlightislands ofONtheTHE DOWN FARM:thePrinceton campers learned where their food comes from among the rows of cabpostedislands on theoftown’s website. as we takeMayor you on the journey through ing unique styles and indigenous varietals from Mediterranean sea , highlightthe us
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