Former Public Affairs & Safety Director Jiles Ship is on Monday's agenda to discuss "strategies to enhance public safety."
Councilwoman Bridget Rivers, who chairs the council's Public Safety Committee, will introduce Ship for a 15-minute presentation.
Ship, now president/CEO of Highland Global Strategies, served the city in 2004 and 2005. He resigned at the end of 2005 as his term was about to run out. While with the city, he devised a new deployment plan based on the city's four wards. Click here to read Plaintalker's post from 2005.
The city is currently experiencing a rash of shootings, several of which have been fatal. The most recent one occurred early Saturday morning, leaving Sahaad H. Monroe, 25, dead and another man injured.
The council meeting is 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Library, 515 Watchung Avenue.
Two other discussion items are on the agenda. Councilman Adrian Mapp, chairman of the council's Finance Committee, is scheduled to lead a discussion on amendments to the SFY 2011 municipal budget. In addition, the governing body has invited Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs to "explain her plans for day-to-day operations of the city" in the absence of City Administrator Bibi Taylor, who is due to deliver her third child imminently.
--Bernice Paglia
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Ship are you kdding me
ReplyDeleteWasn't he in charge when the city had its record number of homicides in 2005
ReplyDeleteHe and Al McWilliams came up with the not-so-bright idea of deploying police according to political ward lines rather than throughout the high-crime areas all over the city. True, parts of the fourth ward are high-crime areas, but so are parts of the other wards too.
ReplyDeleteIt was a foolish idea--and we don't need more of the same! I doubt that Mr. Ship has anything to tell us that we don't already know.
How does that slap in the face feel to you Director Hellwig? Let's get advice from a former Public Safety Director because the current one doesn't have a clue! Sounds like Hellwig's days are numbered!
ReplyDeleteShip didn't have a clue when he was here and now our council wants to bring him back? What a dumb idea! And how much will it cost us? (Don't tell me he works for free!)
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