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The cops keep saying they want to get serious about this illegal behavior, but despite several calls to the New Haven police from several people in the neighborhood on Friday, Saturday and today, not one cop showed up all weekend long. We even gave them the address of one group of riders. Hour upon hour of loud noise and disruption, and unsafe riding in and out of the park. Can we PLEASE have some cop presence in this neighborhood?
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Park side (ضيف)
Fair Haven Heights Neighbor (ضيف)
peter (ضيف)
1. talking to construction workers
2. talking to other nhpd members at the gas station
3. catching bad guys
4. writing tickets
5. riding dirt bikes
6. none of the above
resident (ضيف)
resident (ضيف)
Fairhaven Davd (ضيف)
I appologize for being cynical, but I have bad news for you. We have been @#$% about this FOR YEARS. Here is all you need to know:
NHPD takes an "our hands are tied" approach to these scumbags. They will waste hours arguing with you about it online and they have some amazing tales of thier exploits for community meetings. Puffed out chests, hands on hips, shouting with rage... The little old ladies stand and clap... The law says, no chasing them. The siezure laws are becoming more strict but only on certain types of ATV. So save your breath. Carry a nice cup of coffee and toss it at them as they go the opposite direction. If they chase you just hit an interstate on ramp. They ate all little chicken boys who ride cause they like the vibration on their bums. Some day some one will go vigilante on them, or they will kill a kid and the press will have a field day, until then get your camera and some ear plugs. Because this town is a okay taking your car for a $3 tax bill, telling you what you can do on your own land, and making you pay to park while paying one of the highest tax rates on the shoreline, but chasing dirt bikes makes them NOTHING, so bank on being annoyed this summer.
All that said, an ATV buy back program? Down payment on a moped? Solutions they use for every other problem, nada.
Park side (ضيف)
Sgt.
Would you please update us on the what the new official policy is and what NHPD is actively doing about this dirt bike problem. If we can't see any enforcement we assume there isn't any. What is the scoop?
residentguest (ضيف)
Sgt. Anastasio (ضيف)
Quietly On Q-Ave. (مستخدم مسجل)
smh (ضيف)
FairHavenRes (مستخدم مسجل)
Anonymous Hiker (ضيف)
QUOTE: " Sgt. Anastasio (Guest)
Park side- Contrary to belief- The Police Department and myself are working on this exhausting problem..stay tuned...Community Management team meeting Tomorrow night at 7pm at Ross/Woodward school 185 Barnes Avenue."
I'm confused.....there was a MEETING TONIGHT (Tues 6/4)? I heard NOTHING about his. Was it publicized in any way? I was told the QEMT meetings have been discontinued. What's the truth here? This is frustrating....
resident (ضيف)
Rr (ضيف)
Anonymous (ضيف)
I have had nothing but good interactions with Sgt. Anastasio, and I do believe that he wants this issue fixed, and that he is on our side. However, he is just one officer, and and as much as I would love to have him in our neighborhood 24/7, that is not realistic. I would like to see the dispatchers trained to take these complaints seriously, and I would like to see more police presence in the neighborhood during the afternoons on the weekdays, and during the whole weekend.
Yesterday the same kid on the blue and white dirt bike was at it again. Again for hours. Up and down Clifton, in and out of the park. I have seen him every day since the middle of last week. This also means there hasn't been a peaceful day in the neighborhood for at least the last 7 days. He's probably in school because he rides most afternoons when most people are at work, but school kids are home. Of course, I work in a school, so I have no idea if he rides in the mornings too or not.
I could not make the meeting last night, I had previous plans and had not heard about the meeting until the Sarge posted it here. Can we get an update?
Is there anyway we can get a contact person during the weekend who will take us seriously? I think half the problem is that I feel that when I call the reports in sometimes I get a great dispatcher who takes all the info, asks if I want to speak to the officer, etc, but usually I get someone who obviously doesn't care, doesn't treat my complaint seriously, and who takes half the info and then hangs up on me. This is a serious quality of life and safety issue in our neighborhood.
resident (ضيف)
resident (ضيف)
Sgt. Anastasio (ضيف)
Andrushka (ضيف)
FairHavenRes (مستخدم مسجل)
Thank you for the update, Sgt. Anastasio. I know riders are being arrested, as I see them fuming about it on their Instagram pages and I watch the flatbed tow trucks drive by with dirt bikes strapped down!
Here's the announcement on the upcoming press conference:
PRESS CONFERENCE "ONGOING DIRT-BIKE ATV STING OPERATION" set for Friday, June 7, 2013 at 5:00 pm at 710 Sherman Parkway
The New Haven Police Department will hold a Press Event regarding the ONGOING DIRT-BIKE ATV STING OPERATION on Friday, June 7, 2013 at 5:00 pm. at 710 Sherman Pkwy. at the Police Impound Yard. (The impound yard is behind the New Haven Police Academy building)
Please join Mayor John DeStefano Jr, Chief Dean M. Esserman, members of the Board of Alderman and department command staff for this important event.
Anonymous Hiker (ضيف)
guest (ضيف)
Sean (ضيف)
Huge thanks to Sarge Anastasio and Justin Elicker, sounds from the Independent you were voices speaking up for us to get dangerous and illegal activity off the streets!
To the last guest comment - the reason we're all being so loud about this and kicking up a fuss is because there are people saying it's no problem as bikes circle our cars, showboat on our streets and ignore lights/traffic laws. It really brings a neighborhood down. I've got no problem with giving a place to ride outside of the city, but from what most dirtbikers say they wouldn't use it even it if were there. And they're the ones looking for attention that are choosing high population areas outside of downtown and East Rock to race round in. If you call it nosey wanting people to not, say go double a speed limit, then call me nosey. But that's not what I call nosey, that's what I call sensible. If you want me to mind my own business, don't race around in front of me making as loud a noise as possible. Get it?
peter (ضيف)
Park side (ضيف)
Fairhavener (ضيف)
مغلق Rob Smuts (مستخدم مسجل)
I will be closing dirt bike/ATV complaints that pre-date the conclusion of the police undercover operation (see www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/9_arrested_in_dirt_bike_sting/). I do not expect the dirt bike/ATV issue to be completely solved, but it will be helpful to policing efforts to distinguish new reports from those before this recent operation.
Please open up new SCF issues as dirt bike/ATV issues re-occur.
- Rob Smuts, Chief Administrative Officer