September 15 Morning News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT PASSAIC’S PARKING PATROL HAS AUTHORIZED CITY CROSSING GUARDS TO WRITE PARKING TICKETS AND IS TRAINING THEM AS PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AS PART OF A NEW PROGRAM THAT STARTED THIS SCHOOL YEAR. MAYOR HECTOR LORA SAID THAT CROSSING GUARDS ARE NOW “EMPOWERED WITH THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE LAWS, BUT WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.” ONE OF THE CROSSING GUARDS, ANGELIQUE VALLE, IS IN HER FOURTH YEAR AS A CROSSING GUARD AND HAS COMPLETED TWO WEEKS OF TRAINING OVER THE SUMMER TO BECOME A PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. THE CITY HAS FOUR CROSSING GUARDS AS PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND PLANS TO TRAIN ALL OF THEM EVENTUALLY.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED THAT WAYNE TOWNSHIP WILL INSTALL CAMERAS AT ITS LARGEST PARKS IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND PROTECT THE POPULAR BALLFIELD. THE CAMERAS WILL PIPE VIDEO FEEDS DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH ALLOWS OFFICERS TO BE DISPATCHED TO THE PARKS IF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED. THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL APPROVED A $220,000 BOND TO COVER THE COST OF THE SECURITY SYSTEMS, EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE AS EARLY AS THIS FALL AT ALPS ROAD SPORTS COMPLEX AND AT DAVE WAKS MEMORIAL PARK ON BARBOUR POND ROAD.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE IN PATERSON ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAID THE COLLISION HAPPENED AT AROUND 9:40 P.M. ON TRENTON AVENUE, NEAR 22ND AVENUE. OFFICERS ALLEGED THEY SAW THE MOTORIST ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY AFTER THE COLLISION, BUT WERE ABLE TO PREVENT HIM FROM FLEEING. THE MOTORIST WAS LATER CHARGED WITH DRUNK DRIVING. THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC. POLICE ARE FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, PENDING ADDITIONAL CHARGES.
RLS MEDIA REPORTED NEWARK POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING SHOTS FIRED IN THE SOUTH WARD SATURDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS TOLD RLS MEDIA THAT POLICE RESPONDED TO 872 SOUTH 15TH STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 10 P.M. AFTER A SHOT SPOTTER DETECTED GUNFIRE. OFFICERS RECOVERED SHELL CASINGS ALONG THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND LIVE ROUNDS INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. NO PROPERTY DAMAGES WAS REPORTED AND NO GUNSHOT VICTIMS DURING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE GUNFIRE REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.