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marie
Citizen
Username: Marie
Post Number: 1142
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - 10:13 pm: |     |
There was a high speed chase down Valley Street late Monday night (early Tuesday morning 2:00a.m.?) involving a State Trooper. Also saw a State Trooper car drive past my house yesterday with a passenger in the back seat. Why are State Troopers in Maplewood? |
yabbadabbadoo
Citizen
Username: Yabbadabbadoo
Post Number: 69
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - 11:09 pm: | |
quote:Call the MPD and ask to speak with one of the detective's in the detective's unit. I'm sure they will share whatever information they can with you regarding this incident.
Marie
FF |
kws
Citizen
Username: Kws
Post Number: 82
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 6:57 am: | |
The State Police has a unit that works in Irvington. They may have been chasing the suspect from Irvington. |
extuscan
Citizen
Username: Extuscan
Post Number: 310
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 2:04 pm: | |
All is okay, they never caught me.
John |
marie
Citizen
Username: Marie
Post Number: 1144
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 7:14 pm: | |
Y,
I did call. They hadn't returned my call yet. They are too busy chasing dealers down Valley St.
Kws,
The State has gone into Irvington to clean up Police Corruption and Gang . This state Trooper was travellling down Valley from SO. I thought that was strange. I have learned since my post that they had busted dealers who were selling across the the street from Pathmark.
Still haven't found out yet why State Troopers were involved in action, taking place in Maplewood.
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Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3778
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 11:27 am: | |
I'd prefer to have no high speed chases. The danger of such chases outweighs the benefits of catching any bad guy. I heard that the police in NYC are not allowed to have chases, for this reason. |
NORA
Citizen
Username: Norav
Post Number: 38
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 11:03 am: | |
Unfortunately, if the Police cant chase then the suspects take advantage. I agree chasing isn't the best thing but at 2 or 3 in the morning the risk in much lower. I would think that the police go through training on when to chase and when not to chase. I would also thing that the Officer, chasing is not really going to kill himself trying to get a stolen car as he/she might for a kidnapping or a car jacking |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3807
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 11:58 am: | |
Nora, I don't get your last sentence. Could you please reword it?
A chase presents danger to everyone around, not just the officers. I agree, however, that the wee hours present less danger than other times. |
NORA
Citizen
Username: Norav
Post Number: 39
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 8:41 pm: | |
Sorry, Basically I agree that chasing is dangerous and would hate to see and officer or a bystander get hurt because of a chase. But I also think that at times chasing is the only solution. If God forbid my daughter, was abducted I would expect the police to chase the car
I Believe it was the New York Times that had an article in it about police chases and how New York City police cannot chase vehicles. The article did go on to explain that NYPD can box in a vehicle something that is illegal in NJ. Basically the article explained how the criminal has more rights than the officer.
Tom, you should invest in a Police scanner. I bought one for my father for only $75 and he seems to love it. Every day he has a new story for me. : ) |
Tom Reingold
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 3817
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 8:58 pm: | |
Law enforcement is like sausage making to me. I like the result, but I don't like the details of what goes into it. My ex-wife is a volunteer EMT and used to play the police scanner. Made me sick, hearing the play-by-play of the lowlifes of society. And yeah, part of my distaste is the connection with my ex-wife, but I don't think I would like it much without that.
Do cheap police scanners work now that so many police departments use spread spectrum transmission or something like that? Basically, the transmission changes frequency several times a second.
As disturbing as it is that the criminal has more rights than the officer, think about it, and you will understand the rationale. The officer has power: lots of it, including a gun. The suspect, until he is convicted, is legally the same as you and I, innocent until proven guilty. Would you have it any other way? I don't want to be guilty until proven innocent. |
NORA
Citizen
Username: Norav
Post Number: 40
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 8:39 am: | |
Your Killing me.......: ) Like I have any clue what a spread spectrum transmission is. I do know that the scanner works. The salesman did say that some police agencies use different band frequency and I believe Irvington must use a higher one because my father cant seem to get it. |
Duncan
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 3019
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:08 pm: | |
Marie why do you stay in Maplewood? This is a serious question and I mean no disrespect. It is no mystery that I disagree with your alarmist ways, but why stay? If you are so sure that Maplewood is going to hell in a handbasket, why do you suffer here? You seem desperately unhappy and dissatisfied. |
Taylor M
Citizen
Username: Anotherusername
Post Number: 51
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 12:41 am: | |
Duncan-
Why are you asking Marie this when her last post in this thread was September 9? Almost 3 weeks ago? |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 1240
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 9:27 am: | |
“Do cheap police scanners work now”
Yep, it’s pretty easy also. The scanner, as the name implies, is scanning across a whole range of frequencies. When you’re listening to one the scanner is trying to find another signal. When the police radio changes frequency, the scanner finds it (within about 1/10 of a second) and now you’re listening to the rest of the call.
Scanners are “Smart” enough to keep within an array of frequencies so that they can stay on the same call. With some minor issues here and there.
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Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 3963
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 4:27 pm: | |
Duncan:
The impression I have gotten from my many discussions with Marie on and off the message board is that she aims to be more a part of the solution than the problem. She has been especially interested in working to develop more positive out of school opportunities and activities for our youth.
Identifying the problems facing our town and encouraging others to work towards correcting them is the first step in working towards a set of solutions. Marie has been very effective in doing this. |
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