NORTH BERGEN, NJ — The North Bergen Police Department is announcing a newly created initiative to further enhance police community relations called the North Bergen Township Alternative Policing Strategy (N.B. TAPS).
The initiative, spearheaded by North Bergen Chief of Police Robert Dowd, helps bring the police department into the community with informal meetings, where North Bergen residents can voice their concerns and issues in person with members of the police department.
“This is a great initiative and the right step forward for North Bergen residents to develop a relationship with their local police department,” said North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco. “This is a real opportunity for them to meet police officers that regularly patrol their neighborhoods and communities.”
From these meetings, the police department can learn of resident concerns directly, then address these issues and develop corrective actions if needed. Then a future follow-up meeting will take place with the results from the corrective action that was developed.
“While residents are meeting us, we as police officers would in turn also like to meet members of the community that we serve,” said Chief of Police Dowd. “The NB TAPS initiative is the latest in a series of programs designed to foster a positive relationship between police and residents and it will be a welcome addition to our department.”
The North Bergen Police Department will be hosting four community meetings in separate areas of the Township in the month of June.
“The North Bergen Police Department is always working to keep improving community relations and the result is a place where residents truly feel comfortable with law enforcement,” said Public Safety Commissioner Allen Pascual. “This initiative will further that mission and I am proud that the department is continuing to move in the right direction.”
The details for the community meetings are listed below.
1) N.B.P.D. Community Meeting
Wednesday June 8, 2016
Downtown Public Library
2123 – Kennedy Blvd.
6:00PM to 7:00PM
2) N.B.P.D. Community Meeting
Thursday June 16, 2016
Uptown Public Library
8411 – Bergenline Avenue
6:00PM to 7:00PM
3) N.B.P.D. Community Meeting
Tuesday June 28, 2016
North Bergen Town Hall
Chambers – Lower Level
North side of Building
4233 – Kennedy Blvd.
6:00PM to 7:00PM
4) N.B.P.D. Community Meeting
Wednesday June 29, 2016
Our Lady of Fatima Church
Lower Level Community
Room
8101 – Kennedy Blvd.
6:00PM to 7:00PM
