Newark Nj Crime
Jasmin Wilson
English 101
August 6, 2011 Lay Off Of 167 Newark Police Officials Increases Crime in the City There are a lot of social problems in my community. The most current social issue is that Newark, NJ has laid off 167 police officials on November 30th of 2010. This was 14% of the police working for Newark. They were discharged from several precincts within Newark. Jen Chung from Gothamist stated "crime has increased there have been numerous carjacking’s—victims include a staffer in the NJ Attorney General's office and a Newark school principal—and shootings (since Thursday, four people have been shot dead and six have been wounded)." Since the layoff of police, residents have feared whether or not they will be safe in this high crime city they reside in. According to David Giambusso and Alexi Friedman from the Star Ledger (”Newark finalizes 167 police layoffs after union refuses Booker's plea to return to negotiating table”), “The layoffs are projected to save $9.5 million in annual expense, part of the Booker administration’s effort to close a $83 million hole in the 2011 city budget.” This social problem can be dealt with by bringing in state troopers to replace the laid off officers, assigning more officers to be on patrol instead of doing desk work, and by starting neighborhood watch programs. To begin with, Crime will decrease in Newark, NJ by bringing in state trooper to replace the police officers that were laid off. Obviously there aren’t enough officers on patrol to protect residents and prevent most crime from happening so they city should seek assistance from the state. Irvington, NJ is a city next to Newark which had a high crime rate and a lack of police officers to prevent and handle it. Now Irvington has state troopers to help patrol the city and criminals are much more hesitant to commit a crime. This will help us residents feel more comfortable and bring crime rate back
English 101
August 6, 2011 Lay Off Of 167 Newark Police Officials Increases Crime in the City There are a lot of social problems in my community. The most current social issue is that Newark, NJ has laid off 167 police officials on November 30th of 2010. This was 14% of the police working for Newark. They were discharged from several precincts within Newark. Jen Chung from Gothamist stated "crime has increased there have been numerous carjacking’s—victims include a staffer in the NJ Attorney General's office and a Newark school principal—and shootings (since Thursday, four people have been shot dead and six have been wounded)." Since the layoff of police, residents have feared whether or not they will be safe in this high crime city they reside in. According to David Giambusso and Alexi Friedman from the Star Ledger (”Newark finalizes 167 police layoffs after union refuses Booker's plea to return to negotiating table”), “The layoffs are projected to save $9.5 million in annual expense, part of the Booker administration’s effort to close a $83 million hole in the 2011 city budget.” This social problem can be dealt with by bringing in state troopers to replace the laid off officers, assigning more officers to be on patrol instead of doing desk work, and by starting neighborhood watch programs. To begin with, Crime will decrease in Newark, NJ by bringing in state trooper to replace the police officers that were laid off. Obviously there aren’t enough officers on patrol to protect residents and prevent most crime from happening so they city should seek assistance from the state. Irvington, NJ is a city next to Newark which had a high crime rate and a lack of police officers to prevent and handle it. Now Irvington has state troopers to help patrol the city and criminals are much more hesitant to commit a crime. This will help us residents feel more comfortable and bring crime rate back