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Mission Statement:

The mission of the Franklin Township Police Department is to protect and enhance the quality of life via a Community Policing Operational Philosophy, through a partnership with the community, and to promote a safe and secure environment, free from crime and the fear of crime, for all who live, work or visit our community.

Members of the Department are dedicated to accomplishing this mission by maintaining public peace and order through fair, impartial enforcement of the law, fostering an environment of cooperation and trust within our organization and the community, and challenging the future with a spirit of optimism and innovation.

Touch-A-Truck

Franklin Township Police Community Relations Bureau

  • Date: 06/08/2024 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM  
  • Location: Franklin Middle School
    415 Francis Street
    Somerset, New Jersey 08873
  • Introduction: The Franklin Township Police Department is hosting a Touch-A-Truck event, Saturday, June 8th from 11AM-2PM at the Franklin Middle School-Hamilton Street Campus

Touch-A-Truck

Saturday, June 8th

11:00 AM -2:00 PM

Franklin Middle School - Hamilton Street Campus

Touch-a-Truck will give kids and adults of all ages the opportunity to touch and interact with different types of trucks and vehicles.  This will be a fun family activity that everyone can enjoy!

From 12-2pm there will be face painting and balloon artists for the children’s entertainment. 

There will be a collection of non-perishable food donations for the Franklin Food Bank.

Featuring:

  • New Jersey State Police helicopter - NorthSTAR
  • Police Cars - FTPD
  • Fire Engines
  • Military Vehicles
  • Tow Truck
  • Franklin Township Public Works
  • EMS Squad Truck - East Millstone First Aid
  • US Postal Service
  • Somerset County SWAT 
  • PSE&G

Touch a truck June 8th

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  • I have been involved in a motor vehicle crash in Franklin Township. What should I do?
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  • Is there an early intervention system enforced to correct officers who use excessive force? Additionally, how many complaints does an officer have to receive before they are reprimanded? Before they are terminated? More than three complaints are unacceptable.
  • Are the officers in the Franklin Police Department trained to perform and seek necessary medical action after using excessive force?
  • Are the officers in the Franklin Police Department thoroughly vetted to ensure that they do not have a history with abuse, racism, xenophobia, homophobia/ transphobia, or discrimination?
  • Are the officers in the Franklin Police Department required to report each time they threaten to or use force on civilians?
  • Are the officers in the Franklin Police Department required to give a verbal warning to civilians before drawing their weapon or using excessive force?
  • Are the officers in the Franklin Police Department required to exhaust every other possible option before using excessive force?
  • Is there a clear and enforced use-of-force continuum that details what weapons and force are acceptable in a wide variety of civilian-police interactions?
  • Are the police officers in the Franklin Police Department forbidden from shooting at moving vehicles?
  • Are the police officers in the Franklin Police Department required to intervene if they witness another officer using excessive force? Will officers be reprimanded if they fail to intervene?
  • Are the police officers in the Franklin Police Department forbidden from using carotid restraints (chokeholds, strangleholds, etc.) and hog-tying methods? Furthermore, are they forbidden from transporting civilians in uncomfortable positions, such as face down in a vehicle?
  • Are the police officers in the Franklin Police Department being trained to de-escalate altercations by using peaceful conflict resolution strategies?
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