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newone
Citizen
Username: Newone
Post Number: 123
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 1:30 pm: |     |
You are correct Waldo...
Here's a link to IMDB...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113967/ |
grw
Citizen
Username: Grw
Post Number: 238
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 1:35 pm: | |
I'll bet all the towns that are so close to RT 78, are experiencing the same thing |
notehead
Citizen
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 883
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 2:13 pm: | |
Jerseyfatuous: "The problem most likely is South Orange residents coming to Maplewood and stealing cars"
You're kidding, right? |
Jerseyfabulous
Citizen
Username: Jerseyfabulous
Post Number: 62
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 2:33 pm: | |
Easy Notehead. Try the decaf. |
lumpyhead
Citizen
Username: Lumpyhead
Post Number: 622
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 2:56 pm: | |
I'll guess that the further you are from Newark, the less the car theft, it's not equal in all towns because of Rt. 78. |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 325
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 3:09 pm: | |
# of auto theft in Maplewood:
2001: 201
2002: 144
in SO:
2001: 307
2002: 160
in Montclair (in relation to this "proximity-to-78 & Newark theory"), a town with approximately 1.7 times Maplewood's population:
2001: 204
2002: 223
And our good neighbor Newark:
2001: 6,112
2002: 6,371
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xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 326
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 3:19 pm: | |
Dug up more numbers. Towns in Union County:
In Summit:
2001: 29
2002: 28
In Scotch Plains:
2001: 29
2002: 9
In Westfield:
2001: 11
2002: 7{!!!!!!!)
in Union:
2001: 468
2002: 441
Have a good weekend, folks. |
mikecappy
Citizen
Username: Mikecappy
Post Number: 69
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 5:08 pm: | |
Xavier,
Thank you for your data. That is my point exactly. The fact that a car is stolen every other day in Maplewood is disgusting. I'm sick of seeing cop cars racing towards Irvington Avenue. My new credo is "Trespassers will be Shot." Please pass on to the illegal students some of you are harboring.
Anyone know of any houses available in Scotch Plains? |
greeneyes
Citizen
Username: Greeneyes
Post Number: 453
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 5:28 pm: | |
xavier,
Where did you get your numbers? |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 327
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 5:46 pm: | |
From our friends in the State Police. Go to:
http://www.njsp.org/info/ucr2002/index.html
Download the section on "Municipal-County Offense & Demographic Data." It contains the crime rate (and info on various type of crime) for virtually every town in NJ. |
greeneyes
Citizen
Username: Greeneyes
Post Number: 456
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 6:12 pm: | |
Thanks |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4344
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 6:49 pm: | |
And I nominate Xavier for the MOL Data Miner of the month award!!! |
Duncan
Citizen
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 1432
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 6:52 pm: | |
cappy..do your research. Scotch Plains is about as close to Plainfield as we are to Newark. And let me tell ya, I have gotten lost over there and been spooked.
Try Iowa
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
Wayne Gretzky |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 427
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 12:46 am: | |
I'm with you mike cappy....
Shoot the BASTARDS!
Aim for their pearly whites, or shoot them in the ASS! |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 303
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 11:14 am: | |
Can one determine the profile of a typical car theft in Maplewood? Most likely street or neighborhood, time of day, type of car? I would think that would be key to reducing it... |
patty
Citizen
Username: Patty
Post Number: 404
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 4:40 pm: | |
One target item for sure: new Nissan Maxima headlights. Can be popped out before the car alarm can be heard.  |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 307
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 5:12 pm: | |
Where I used to live, for awhile it was Honda and Jeep parts, particularly windshield wiper assemblies... |
sportsnut
Citizen
Username: Sportsnut
Post Number: 853
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 7:06 pm: | |
Actually any car with litronic headlights or High Intensity bulbs are at risk. These assemblies typically cost around $1,400 and as patty mentioned can be easily removed. |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4349
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 4:53 am: | |
Reading the News Record, it seems most of the cars are stolen east of Valley Street. Jeeps, as Straw found out, are always popular. Many of the cars are very pedestrian older model Hondas and such. From time to time there will be a rash of a certain make being stolen. A couple of weeks ago it was Audis. Go figure.
My suggestion is buy a good alarm and use it. Also as Sporty points out, any car with high intensity lights is a real risk and I wouldn't buy one myself, although I really like the new Maxima. |
xavier67
Citizen
Username: Xavier67
Post Number: 328
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 10:55 am: | |
Cars are mainly stolen for 4 reasons:
1. for economic gain (headed to chop shops, to foreign shores);
2. for personal thrill, like doing donuts at intersections at 3AM;
3. to be used to commit other crimes (street crimes like robbery and burglaries, to steal other cars, etc.);
4. and because it's so easy.
Obviously, there is good mount of overlap of reasons, but there is a discernable pattern in Essex County. High-end cars (like Audis of all stripes) tend to get stolen for reasons 1 & 2. More non-descript cars, as such as older domestic models (including minivans), tend to get stolen for reason 3 (and for parts). Many older model Japanese models (esp. Hondas) get ripped off b/c they are so easy to steal (and for parts). Young car thieves start off on these cars (and practice on them) before they move onto more "difficult" cars (like newer Mercedes, which are practically impossible to steal b/c of their security system).
The single best way to deter car thieves is to install a kill switch. Relatively cheap and very effective.
P.S.--All this info is courtesy of the head of ATTF (Auto-Theft Task Force) of Newark PD.
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DrFalomar
Citizen
Username: Drfalomar
Post Number: 137
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 12:36 pm: | |
If you read the latest blotter, it would seem that keeping your car parked in your locked garage, instead of in your driveway or an unsecured garage, would also keep it safe. |
mikecappy
Citizen
Username: Mikecappy
Post Number: 70
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 1:50 pm: | |
I wish I had a garage to lock my car in. Shooting car thiefs in the face will also decrease the number of thefts.
Xavier,
Should I go to an alarm shop or a regular garage to get a kill switch? |
newone
Citizen
Username: Newone
Post Number: 125
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 1:59 pm: | |
Mike
I would guess an alarm shop - don't get more than a kill switch - everyone has an alarm which nobody pays attention to when it goes off. I thought I'd miss the alarm in my new truck but the kill switch and coded key are enough. |
peteglider
Citizen
Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 440
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 2:06 pm: | |
Given that SO has about 17,000 vs Maplewood about 23,000 people -- not only is car theft itself higher but the rate of car theft is higher, too.
And according to the data, SO has a smaller police force. Wonder if there is a direct correlation?
And, going on the proximity theory (If not Route 78, perhaps Springfield Ave or SO Ave) -- there have to be a couple of neighborhoods where this problem is the greatest. A place for a (joint) police task force to concentrate perhaps?
Pete
Pete |
bix
Citizen
Username: Bix
Post Number: 70
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 3:42 pm: | |
Pete,
Why did you re-pete yourself? |
Reflective
Citizen
Username: Reflective
Post Number: 264
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 - 7:11 pm: | |
bix
absolutely terrific! LOL |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4383
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 4:54 am: | |
Don't you guys remember the old show on Nickelodeon called Pete and Pete. Heck, it was even taped in South Orange.  |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4384
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 7:57 am: | |
I just had a great idea. Let's outsource our teaching jobs to India, Russia and China. We could save a bundle that way. |
peteglider
Citizen
Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 441
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 12:16 pm: | |
bix bix funny funny thx thx pete pete |
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