[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-19 Thread abbee brandsema
Cops on horseback are good for nothing but cheesy tourist photos. Criminals can hear clop-clop-clop from a block away and they cost a fortune to maintain. I'd rather see cops on vespas, skateboards, whatever! Please don't waste our money on frivolity, this town has too much that needs to happen to

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-19 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 1/19/2008 10:06:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cops on horseback are good for nothing but cheesy tourist photos. Criminals can hear clop-clop-clop from a block away and they cost a fortune to maintain. I'd rather see cops on vespas, skateboards,

[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-19 Thread fancypaaantz
ok, bikes then. The horse part is not important it is not being in a car that is imp --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, abbee brandsema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cops on horseback are good for nothing but cheesy tourist photos. Criminals can hear clop-clop-clop from a block away and they cost

[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-19 Thread asburycouple
While I hate to say it I tend to agree. Generally officers on horseback are ideal for crowd management and control given their sheer size and intimidation factor. While I look forward to the day we need the horses for crowd control that day has not yet arrived. --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-19 Thread fouroninesecond
I agree, my kids love them, but they are a luxury if your asking me. They would be great to have if we had a bunch of money to spend and wanted to impress the tourists, or had crowds of people, like NYC. I think that the Police Dept. could have spent their money on something more usefull for

[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-18 Thread fancypaaantz
Just want to be clear, I am not criticizing the cops themselves. I come from a law enforcement family. I saw a lot of cops on foot patrol in the summer. I see them on First Nights and such... But there is nothing like having cops on foot all the time, on the street, seeing what is going on...

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-18 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 1/18/2008 3:45:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I was at NYU in the early 90s, it was unsafe to walk certain blocks. If you did, you had a pretty good chance of being mugged. NYU students were mugged on a regular basis. When I would go to my

[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-18 Thread apoojo
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, fancypaaantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks. I have lived here three years and I have never noticed a city wide clean up day, so maybe it needs a bit more publicity? Just like I see signs for a neighborhood watch, would be more than willing to be a

[AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-18 Thread fancypaaantz
Can you email me contact info? Emails? If we have a 100 police officers (we really have that many??) then they need to be more of a visible presence. I see a lot more cars on patrol than I use to, but we still need a lot more on foot, interacting with people, getting to know the people. I

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Annual Clean Up Asbury Park Day

2008-01-18 Thread denise
Beginning this year we should have a total of 108 policeman employed for AP---We also have a large presence of County and State officers patroling the streets of Asbury Park. Believe it or not---there has been a reduction in crime in AP. Alot of crime that had not been reported in the AP Press