Comments on: Lakewood’s Third Assault in Four Weeks

By: sony0101

sony0101 — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:52:09 +0000

What I see as a real problem is that the police are under maned and under equiped. The have too few officers on the midnight patrol who can not be everywhere at once. They also suffer from a lack of logical equipment. They are not allowed to have dogs for bombs, tracking, or drugs. And the use of the county dog is a complete waste of time by the time the dog arrives. There are members of our community who continually do as little as possible to aid the police when an incident occures. Wake up, if someone breaks into your house on shabbos and you hear them call the police. What would happen if a member of your family walked in on burglar and was injured or killed or your neighbor is killed when that burglar goes next door. Protection of life is number 1 not keeping shabbos. That being said I feel there should seriously be much less resistance from members of our community towards the town getting a K-9 unit. It is only for your own protection.

By: schleimer

schleimer — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:47:00 +0000

they should of had lakewood shomrim taking care of this type of situation

By: nanachnachma

nanachnachma — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:14:21 +0000

How about the people in Lakewood go out and get permits to carry handguns! NJ isn’t as strict as NY, and it is actually not that hard to get one. training in the use of a pistol is relatively easy, and can save lives. and for all those that will say it isn’t the “ways” of jews to be armed, you are wrong. you can look as far back as Nach to see that jews carried swords, which was the defensive weapon of the time, and the fact that there are myriad of halachos of self defense, up to and including killing an intruder, means that jews have a right and a possible obligation to be able to defend themselves, and that can only be done in this day in age with a gun. joining the NRA, getting knowledgeable of gun ownership rights, and getting a license to carry are all steps that can secure a safe future for residents of Lakewood.

By: smart2

smart2 — Mon, 26 May 2008 04:52:18 +0000

And then they want to know why ther is so much tension between the two comunitys in lakewood well this I’m shure has somthing to do with it

By: savelkwd

savelkwd — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:58:29 +0000

PS this mesulach was extremely severely beaten with a bat in his head. They were vicious animals and deserve to be sent to jail for many years.

By: savelkwd

savelkwd — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:56:44 +0000

Although I do believe a civilian patrol would help, I am unsure if it will ever be like the NY shomrim as I think a citizen arrest is not possible in NJ. I may be wrong. Another reason it may not work is because the top brass in the PD have failed to be open minded to the success with block watches and shomrim.

On another note I personally spoke with the LP detective and the investigating officer from the ocean county sheriffs department and they were trying their utmost to collect evidence to possibly apprehend these thugs. They were not taking this lightly at 2AM last night.

By: mktmom

mktmom — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:42:01 +0000

Two candidates, Sean Gertner and Steve Langert, ran for the township committee a few years ago. One of their campaign issues was that the LPD is understaffed based on the ratio of officers to citizens. The VAAD, for reasons known only to themselves, chose not to support them in the general election. They backed the incumbants which caused the status quo to be maintained. Chief Rob has been a friend to the community, but he can’t work miracles. The LPD needs a Shomrim like group to help be its eyes in the street. The cops themselves say they’re understaffed, especially at night, but are against a civilian patrol. Chaos will continue to reign until the cops put their egos aside and do what’s right for the citizens they’ve sworn to protect.

By: hazlachah

hazlachah — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:35:36 +0000

i think we pay enough real estate taxes instead going for school so much we should alocate some money for more protection from private companys
and there should be more lights on the street some streets are very dark and it is very dificulte to see any suspicouse people

By: wolfie

wolfie — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:26:40 +0000

Yes a civilian patrol would be great,however isn’t it the police that are supposed to protect its citizens?First and formost there should be a call for more police protection and enforcement. After that is in check we can have civilan patrol watching the streets. Civilan patrol can not and should not have to take the place of the police.

By: cherryhillbilly

cherryhillbilly — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:15:45 +0000

Its nice to see that “unzere” are finally beginning to wake up.