A panel of NJ police chiefs and Republican lawmakers said parents should be held responsible for recent chaos on Jersey Shore boardwalks.
A panel of NJ police chiefs and Republican lawmakers said parents should be held responsible for recent chaos on Jersey Shore boardwalksA group of New Jersey police chiefs and Republican lawmakers says parents should be held civilly or criminally responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places.
Parents should be held civilly or criminally responsible for the actions of their children that create disturbances or damage in public places, a group of New Jersey police chiefs and Republican lawmakers said Wednesday during a forum held after a second consecutive year of disturbances at some Jersey Shore boardwalks over Memorial Day weekend.
“The juveniles and their parents should be held accountable,” said Ocean City Police Chief William Campbell. “The entire juvenile justice system needs to be reformed.” The governor's office and the attorney general's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the leadership of the Democrat-controlled state Assembly declined comment, while a Senate counterpart did not respond to a request for comment.
“They shouldn't be thinking of unruly behavior, clouds of weed smoke they have to bring their children through,” he said. Wildwood said the city was forced to close its boardwalk overnight on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend when it feared it was losing control of the situation and was unable to respond to a cascade of calls for help.
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