Offroading or Off His Rocker? Santiago's Vow
As I read the paper this morning, I read an article about Trenton Police commissioners Santiago's vow to stop illegal offroading. This action is in response to the death of woman by a 16 year riding a ATV. This response is correct in my opinion but shouldn't Santiago be worried about more important issues like the gang violence in Trenton? I realize that one death is one too many for offroading, but there have been 31 homicides in Trenton and 21 had gang affiliations. The gang problem is escalating and Santiago should put more police time and energy to stop the gangs before Trenton becomes the next L.A.. We have just started to experience the problem and can control it if we work quickly.
The drug crimes are also going up in Mercer County as well. One of the reasons why the woman was killed is because the motorist was high on cocaine and pot. This accident may have been avoided if the motorist was sober and could react but the drugs impaired him. The drug problem needs more attention than the offroading accidents. To step up patrolling for that is a waste of the taxpayers money in my opinion. If you catch a person on a ATV, arrest them then but when we have two larger problems, the police should stick to that.


1 Comments:
Go Santiago! Do not get me wrong, it is great that he is doing something about the death of one person involving the ATV. However, how about doing something about the over 350 deaths that occured in Trenton due to homocides? You are right on target Roberto. Keep up the good work.
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