Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Summit's annual license plate reader audits found four significant violations and one minor violation in 2024 and 16 minor violations in 2025. All but one involved case-number errors, prompting officer retraining and audit enhancements.
Public Safety
A weekend nor'easter that lashed the Summit area with gusts up to 45 mph and heavy rain has moved out, leaving tens of thousands of power outages statewide and one death in New York City.
Public Safety
Berkeley Heights resident Michael Leblond is urging the Town Council and Board of Education to limit a proposed left-turn ban from the Mary Kay McMillin School parking lot to school hours only, warning that an all-day restriction would push traffic onto already-busy Columbia Middle School roads.
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A new State Commission of Investigation report finds New Jersey ranks second nationally in deed-fraud cases and urges legislators to pass stalled reforms, while Union County offers a free property alert tool for Summit-area homeowners.
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The Berkeley Heights council approved a six-position police expansion on Sept. 15 without a fiscal impact statement, even as an independent analysis of FBI data shows the township's crime rates well below state and national averages.
Public Safety
Union County Mosquito Control plans to spray the Summit Recycling Center on Wednesday, Sept. 16, between 7 and 11 p.m., weather permitting.
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Berkeley Heights firefighters and the Union County Hazmat Team contained a peracetic acid spill at the township's Wastewater Treatment Plant on Friday, Sept. 11, after plant workers began initial containment efforts before crews arrived.
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Berkeley Heights police responded to a home Saturday night after a stranger allowed inside to use the bathroom turned off the lights and hid from residents and officers, prompting a public safety warning.
Public Safety
New Providence Fire Chief John Singorello proposed a hybrid staffing model to the Borough Council, adding paid inspection and daytime response staff to the volunteer department as call volume has jumped 59% in a decade.
Public Safety
Firefighters contained a first-floor blaze at Eden Nails on South Street in downtown New Providence on Tuesday morning in about 40 minutes, with Summit among the departments providing mutual aid and no injuries reported.
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Academy Street in New Providence switched to one-way southbound traffic on Sept. 1 as the borough adjusts traffic flow around the temporary police headquarters during construction of a new police building.
Public Safety
Summit Mayor Elizabeth Fagan is urging residents to make emergency plans, build go-bags and sign up for Nixle and Smart911 alerts during National Preparedness Month, weeks after a possible lightning-strike fire on Kent Place Boulevard highlighted the importance of readiness.
Public Safety
Summit police officers are posted at every school in the city as classes resume, with Traffic Lt. Charlie Daly issuing safety guidance for walkers, cyclists and drivers.
Public Safety
New Providence Borough Council approved a three-year shared-services agreement with the Board of Education for three school law enforcement officers at an estimated annual cost of about $180,000, but the deal was not attached to the public agenda and a $2,832 gap exists between the calculated 50/50 split and the borough's budgeted reimbursement.
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New Providence police said a black bear was seen on Maple Street on Aug. 25 and last tracked heading toward Brookside Drive, prompting safety guidance for residents.
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