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Attention Department of Children and Families (DCF).
Report of child abuse: the parents of children at this address are teaching their children to ride ATVs and dirt bikes on the street, sidewalks and in the edgewood mall and park.
It is only a matter of time before they seriously hurt themselves or someone else.
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PathMaker (Registered User)
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An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
If you know where dirt bikes, quads and ATVs are garaged, report it to the New Haven Police ATV hotline at (203) 946-6098. Or, call your NHPD district manager. By reporting where these cars ATV and dirt bikes are stored, your district manager can build a case for getting a search warrant and eventually they will be able to confiscate the machines. But, first they need to build a case. They need to gather evidence.
For example, in the Edgewood/Dwight Neighborhood it is Sgt. Steve Torquati at (203) 946-7597. In the Whalley, Edgewood, Beaver Hills (WEB) Neighborhood it is Lt. Makiem Miller at (203) 589-3318 or mmiller@newhavenct.net. They will investigate and can confiscate the vehicles.
You can also contact your LCI neighborhood specialist. In Edgewood/Dwight, contact Tracy Claxton at (203) 946-2857 or TClaxton@newhavenct.net.
Then, contact your alderman to put pressure on the city to make this issue a priority for the police. The Edgewood ward is ward 24: call Evette Hamilton at (203) 508-5426 orWard24@newhavenct.net.
Resident (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
To find your NHPD district manager, LCI representative, district management team chairperson and know when your neighborhood meetings are held see:
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/uploads/neighborhood%20specialist%20and%20LT_updatedMARCH_2015(1).xls
Here is the list of Aldermen by Ward:
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/aldermen/index.asp
If you want IMMEDIATE action, call the non-emergency (dispatch) NHPD phone number at 203-946-6316. Tell the dispatcher that your district manager (use their name) said to call and have some patrols sent to your area. Then ask the responding officer to CALL YOU BACK. This is very important. Otherwise, you call will fall into a black hole. By asking for a call back you are ensuring that the NHPD will take action and then be held accountable to you for what action is taken.
We need enough people to report these illegal machines, call the police, and work with their NHPD district managers. There are 100,000 of us in this city and only 100 or so of these dirt bike and ATV riders who are ruining our quality of life. We all need to raise this issue with our police and city government. With enough pressure, laws will change and policing tactics will adjust.
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
If you know where dirt bikes, quads and ATVs are garaged, report it to the New Haven Police Criminal Intel Unit. The officer in charge is:
Sergeant Karl Jacobson
New Haven Police Department
Criminal Intel Unit/Narcotics
One Union Ave, New Haven CT
phone: (203) 946-6098
Fax: (203) 946-6293
e-mail: kjacobson@newhavenct.net
He will respond to emails and calls. If you report a known ATV or dirt bike location to him, he will investigate and confiscate the machines.
5833 (Registered User)
5833 (Registered User)
Andrushka (Registered User)
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Andy O (Registered User)
1. Where would an appropriate place be to set up some place to ride? This is a small city and our limited green/park space is just that- parks.
2. Who would pay for such a thing? The City and the State are both broke.
3. Riding dirtbikes/ATV's on city streets is illegal. So is selling drugs. So is shooting people. So is shoplifting, etc. Which crimes should be "OK"? Which crimes should we tell young people that it's OK to commit because you could some day make money off of it?
4. Those of us who aren't breaking the law by illegally disrupting the peace and recklessly endangering people are also a community. What are the illegal dirt bike riders doing for us? Why can't they construct for us a respectful zone where people don't break the law and endanger eachother's lives?
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
Everything Andy-O just said.
City streets and parks are no place for these machines. Especially when the riders of these machines routinely break all traffic laws (speeding, running red lights and stop signs, etc), are uninsured, unregistered, and endanger pedestrians (particularly small children and the elderly) and legal motorists in the street.
Not to mention the noise and emissions pollution.
These machines were designed for rural off-road tracks in unpopulated areas.
There is no place for them in a city.
Duh Weasel (Guest)
Andrushka (Registered User)
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