As you view these telling photos understand that Captain Messina was the Command Operations Center Captain. As such, Captain Messina was responsible for monitoring the CPLIMS computer, which ironically was in sleep mode due to a lack of use, and monitoring the Automatic Vehicle Locator. The AVL, which tracks the location of the police fleet, is the illuminated monitor to the right in the first photo. CPLIMS, which is the black screen to the left, is the Computer Aided Dispatch that shows all the current and pending assignments.

As proven in this photo, Capt. Messina's duties were neglected that night while he was SLEEPING and rises to level of gross negligence.

Prior to this posting an official complaint was filed with the Trenton Police Internal Affairs unit and an outcome is pending. While it's a foregone conclusion what the punishment will be, this dereliction of duty needs to be publicized.

And one final note. I was able to look into my crystal ball and saw successive hurricanes had formed in the Bermuda tropics and were bearing down on the east coast. While forecasters weren't positive on Hurricane Paul's exact track, they indicated that Hurricane Joe, a Category 5 hurricane, was heading north-northwest and was expected to cross directly over the city of Trenton.

Take cover boys and girls, it's about to get crazy in T-town.

Trenton Speaks