A group of New Jersey police chiefs and Republican lawmakers says parents should be held civilly or criminally responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places.
Ocean City police watch the crowds on the the boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J., on Memorial Day weekend, Sunday, May 26, 2024. On Wednesday, May 29, New Jersey ’s statewide police union called for changes in laws and policies governing police interactions with disorderly young people following disturbances that led to the temporary closure of the boardwalk in Wildwood, and the stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Ocean City.A young man shows his backpack to a police officer in Ocean City, N.J.
State Republicans did not respond to messages asking which, if any, Democratic lawmakers were invited to participate in the online forum.1 fatally shot on Atlanta area transit bus that led officers on wild rush hour chase, police say Campbell cited a recent instance in which a disruptive young person was taken into custody and held at the police station while his parents were called, a tactic recommended under the juvenile reforms in lieu of arrests in some situations. Six hours later, the youth’s parents still had not come to the station, so Ocean City police contacted police in the youth’s hometown, who went there to speak with the parents.
Wildwood Police Chief Joseph Murphy said New Jersey’s juvenile justice reforms “seem to not be working.”At a minimum, he said, diversionary programs designed as an alternative to criminal prosecution for young offenders should take longer than 24 to 36 hours to complete. And issuing warnings to young people is not practical when there are groups of 300 or more people creating disturbances, he said.
Assemblyman Don Guardian, the former mayor of Atlantic City, said he was walking on the city’s Boardwalk a few days ago when a group of 80 loud, disruptive young people were blocking the walkway.
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