We have been working sort of behind the scenes on the shared services with the borough,” Murphy said.. Really?????? Way to be sneaky about it and keep the public informed.. You local government people make me sick!!!! Let me guess the borough is going to try and abloish our department by August. It's obvious they are trying to mimic Washington Townships agreement and from what i read its not all that appealing. Mayor Davis cut your crap. You obviously haven't learned your lesson of how to properly keep your residents informed. You are seriously a disgrace to your position. Get over your personal agenda with the police department and move on to more meaningful things.

You are absolutley correct, this "litte man" does keep over-stepping his boundaries. but the rest of the council lets him continue these devious ways so they are just as much at fault and if any of them had knowledge of this, they should be ashamed of themselves and resign. If the council had any BACKBONE what so ever they would put a stop to him and squash this ridiculous proposal. it may be possible that certain council members are afraid of him and thats why they let him do this. I dont care what they did in washington twp or boro in warren county. The rest of the council is by far not looking out for the best interest of the boro and come on council have some LOYALTY to the officers of the department. Enough is enough with this pathetic Mayor, do what is right!!!!! HE NEEDS to be RE-CALLED soley on the basis that he a poor misrepresentation of the town, not to mention a liar (facts to prove he's lied, not name calling), deviant, and has an outright personal agenda.. .ENOUGH of this back door politics.. As far as the twp council, i have no use for you either. In my book youre all just as bad.

Guys, quick point here...Brian Murphy is a member of the Chester Township Council working on the proposal. While he is in contact with Mayor Davis as to the timeline, Mayor Davis and the borough are awaiting the proposal. Which should be in next week.

Russ, regardless the point is its "behind the scenes"

What happened to HONESTY, INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY and most importantly RESPECT?! Where is the common respect for the employees of this dept and their families that sacrifice so much. Maybe you think its a small town and nothing happens but remember that when you're in trouble or have a medical emergency and those precious seconds of YOUR LIFE matter most! Because thats what your sacrificing here! Now I have a lot to say about the consolidation of governments here in the state as well as overall and the mass movement here towards one government only to control OUR hard earned money WITHOUT OUR say, but to focus on the subject at hand its been far too long these men and women and their families have been hanging in the balance here, everyday this continues all the parties involved are destroying the moral these folks have left and destroying the love they had for their careers, as well as carrying the stress home to their loved ones who worry about their families futures too. MR DAVIS and COUNCIL as WELL AS those of the TWSP its long over due, BUT ITS TIME TO BE UPFRONT WITH YOUR PLANS AND ALLOW THESE PEOPLE THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE A LIFE FREE FROM THIS MESS YOU HAVE CREATED! ITS TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHESTER BORO TO SPEAK UP AND BE HEARD: WHAT WE WANT MATTERS, WE ELECTED YOU AND YOU DO NOT GET TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON A PERSONAL AGENDA! TO ME THOSE PRECIOUS SECONDS MATTER AND MY DOLLARS ARE TO FUND A GOVERNMENT TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE NOT FOR YOURSELF!

Because this has been done without public input, we really don't know if the issue has been studied fairly. Lets wait and see what the proposal is, make sure we get a referendum, and if the agreement is made, make sure that the Borough gets professional representation (not a council member but answerable to them) on whatever police body is set up.

Sitting on your hands has gotten us no where this issue continues to go round and round, while our tax dollars are being wasted! Too much time and countless dollars have been thrown down the drain while this entire process has been kept "behind the scenes" its unacceptable and those involved should be held accountable before we have an Unsuccessful merger to the likes of that in Watertown NY as previously stated by Chief Kedrowitsch. Time to step it up and get involved or we are left with "a little man" calling all the shots and the people to pay the consequences. I wont be waiting until my taxes are outrageously being increased to speak up!

Knocking this around here is all well and good, but only by going to the next council meeting and speaking out will our voices really be heard. I agree that Mayor Davis does appear to have a personal stake in this, but he has to be challenged where it counts, in pubic at a meeting. Just my two cents.

next meeting is Tuesday June 26th 7pm

Bob Davis wants to be remembered as a great mayor. It's all about him, be it the police, main street signs or his latest idea, solar power. It's not about service, it's about legacy.

We don't know that the Borough and Township haven't thought this thing thru....maybe it is a good idea. But they better not just sign a contract and walk away. The Borough has to make sure that we have a continuing voice in our own policing. Going to the council meetings of both towns would be a good idea.

I would encourage everyone to attend the meeting on June 26 and ask your questions.

it has been studied and found no significant savings, what other proof do they need. LETS GO COUNCIL, PUT A STOP TO NAPOLEAN aka Mayor Davis!!!!!!!. @ Budd Ave Forever if we lose our department we would have no say what so ever. At least thats what the Washington township agreement said.. RE-CALL THE MAYOR.. I think i'll put a big sign out stating that, but i probably would get a summons from zoning.

Quick note guys, as reflected in the story above: According to the last set of minutes publicly available dated May 15, there was a discussion on the continuing efforts of police contracting. There have been no minutes posted since then.
Patch was unable to chronicle the discussion that took place. Feel free to check out the links above and air your comments and opinions here.