A letter written by the Sayreville PBA president objecting to Council Member Eunice Dwumfour’s appointment as the public safety liaison before her death is now in the hands of investigators.

News 12 New Jersey obtained a copy of the letter, which was dated Jan. 2. The letter was issued in the wake of a December 2022 council meeting where Dwumfour made comments that caused “great concern” to the town’s police union. Dwumfour served as the liaison between the Sayreville Council and the Sayreville Police Department.

“It’s been a privilege to serve as your public safety liaison. Even the first time, I never said this to the officers, but I mentioned this in church, that you changed my perspective with police officers,” Dwumfour said during the meeting. “Growing up I didn't have a good relationship with police officers. I couldn't stand police officers, but for some reason it was always a connection.”

That letter from PBA President David Sivilli stated that he was objecting to Dwumfour's reappointment to the head of the public safety committee. It stated the union had “great reservations” about the move.

The letter is now in the hands of the Middlesex County prosecutor and the detectives investigating Dwumfour's death. It is not clear why investigators are interested in the communication.

Sivilli wrote that Mayor Kilpatrick should take these concerns and reservations into account in the vote on who would be the public safety liaison.

Kilpatrick told News 12 that the letter left her concerned, but she said that she was proud the next day to break the Council’s 3-3 tie vote to appoint Dwumfour once again to be the public safety liaison.

“This is a woman who grew up in a different town than Sayreville,” says Kilpatrick. “She grew up in Newark, Black woman, tough kind of area.”

Sivilli told News 12 earlier this week that he wanted someone else from the Sayreville Council to head the public safety committee.

Dwumfour was shot and killed outside of her apartment complex on Feb. 1. A person wearing dark clothing was seen running from the area after the shooting. No arrests have been made.