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Police Issue: Email dated
9/10/2010
Hi all,
Sorry I have not been on this
machine in days.... back issues:(
This was sent to me so thought
I'd share it. The layoffs have begun around the state.Once again,
Stillwater is ahead of it's time.
Tonight @ the STTA meeting there
will be representative from the NJSP speaking on neighbor watch /keeping
communities safe etc. etc.
We are our brothers keeper. The recent
rash of robberies is a wake up call for us NOT to be complacent . Thank
GOD for our STATE POLICE in solving this so quickly! They have the
resources that we NEVER would have had otherwise!
When we had the
robberies over a yr ago here w/ a 24/7 PD.... they WERE NOT SOLVED! REST
assured we ARE COVERED! over the last several days I have been around
Stillwater and LO-and BEOLD! there they were again... 2 troop cars on
patrol!
I have
been sucked back into this issue via a coward calling the Herald a few wks. ago. The frightening
part of this,is in working with the State Police we were told to QUIETLY
gather information.... AND NOT to scare off the perpetrators.
The idiot that called the Herald
could have very well foiled the investigation and capture of the
thieves! I question the REAL MOTIVE of the caller to the paper!???!!!
Are they trying to instill fear in the townspeople????Discredit the
township committee???
The time now is to UNITE as a community
for the betterment of all!
If my back is ok I hope to see you @
tonight's STTA meeting @ the town Hall 7:30 pm.
Have a great
day!!!!!
This is my reply since, as it turns out, this email
was actually FOR me, unbeknownst to me at the time.... 9/13/2010
Hello All.
I have been meaning to answer this email but
haven't had the time. I would have liked to have gotten the email out
to you sooner, for instance before the STTA meeting, so that you
wouldn't be going in there with misinformation. I'm sorry that I didn't
have time to save you from yourself. Next time. This email and the
ensuing call that I received telling me that I was the focal point of a
"rant" at the STTA meeting makes your statement below that you've been
"sucked back into this issue" sound like you've really come out of
retirement to beat the little people back into submission.
Somehow, your telling of the story of how these crimes got solved did
not jive with the other account I heard. I was told, "If anyone tells
you the state police solved this crime, they are wrong!" When your
email came in, I sent your email over. Their reply was, "Her head is
really up her XXX!" I think that you should know that while you are
raucously vocal, you are also wrong.
Below you say something
about cowardly idiots calling the newspaper, and interestingly, someone
told me that you were referring to me. I saw a half license plate plus a
description of the car all over facebook a couple of days before this
was solved, so I don't know how you equate that with "quiet". I didn't
post it on my facebook but I read it on my facebook. I don't know where
it originated and at the time I figured it came from someone who saw
the car because otherwise, how would it be out there? I guess someone
wanted the thieves caught and caught fast. I'm told that facebook, in
part, helped to solve the crime. I was told that those posts, which
spread like wildfire, ended up going to someone who recognized the car.
That person got involved with the Sheriff's department, the state
police were notified....Sparta police were called and the crime was
solved ultimately. I don't understand how any of the Herald articles
related to the potential for foiling the capture of these criminals but I
guess you know. I'd be interested in knowing what state police officer
said that "my call" to the Herald was something that put this case in
jeopardy. Or is that just your take?
I have always wanted a
police department in Stillwater. I did years ago when it was saved from
extinction the first time. I felt the same way this time around and I
feel the same way now. I came home from vacation to find the NJ Herald
stacked neatly on my counter and the first one I read had you quoted
saying something about the people in Stillwater being hunters or the
hunted. While you might have been implying that you wanted to be your
brother's keeper, the parlance of that statement conjures up more than a
shred of fear for me. I am harkening back to a day when Vic stopped me
while I was tailing my kid out on a 10 mile run to tell me that someone
in my neighborhood shot at some people breaking into his car and to
tell my kids to be careful where they wander in the Paulinskill Lake
neighborhood because people are hot and trigger happy. Read this
article. A kid was shot in Texas under just those circumstances. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/060308dnmetfrosch.5439de4a.html
My husband pointed out something that hadn't dawned on me
at first about your email. In one breath you advocate for a
neighborhood watch which means sharing information ie: the facebook
post. In the next breath, you say that you don't want the Herald being
given information which broadens the audience. You want to be judge and
jury on what information should be shared, and when, and how and with
whom. Do you realize your contradictions?
I know that you
think your statements about being the hunter or the hunted are benign
and for you, they might be. You might have sense enough not to shoot
before you know....but there are other, crazier people out there who
won't. I think a bit of caution when you speak would be good.
Everything does not need to be inflammatory and attention grabbing. I
also don't think that the word "berserk" used in that article was fair
either. "Berserk" is a derogatory word to point at people who are
fearful about criminals breaking into their homes. There are lots of
old folks, young families, and people who live alone in town who are
probably quite fearful that someone will intrude into their home and
hurt them. When a very real threat presents itself, such as this one
where we had numerous break-ins occur in a short span of time, it's
terrifying for some people. That doesn't mean they are "berserk".
Their feelings are worthy of validation. The
"berserkians" are just regular folks who live differently than you.
Leave them alone.
True, I don't live far from 94 and my house
isn't hard to find and I did have an "emergency" and the state police
were great. I'm not slighting them. I liked the Stillwater police
better and I liked knowing that they were on patrol. That's it....no
more, no less. It's not "the same" because the state police wouldn't
know me and wouldn't stop me, as Vic did in the case above, to let me
know what I should know about my neighborhood. Their method of policing
was more like "community policing" and we will never be able to measure
what could have happened but didn't because of their presence in town.
I was also told that now that we don't have police, we've had
several alcohol related accidents in town because drunken people are
driving through here to get where they need to go. That came from a
fireman.... So the trouble with not having a local police department is
multifaceted...
"Discredit the township committee".... They
made the decision to get rid of the police department. If they get a
call from the newspaper for comment about a rash of burglaries in town,
they are simply being held accountable for their decision. They can
answer questions and they don't need a defense team. I'm not getting my
stradivarius out to play for them.
I'll leave you with
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