"S" as in "safety" says Mayor Harp in her re election camaign. Almost every day I read complaints about the ATV/dirtbikes in Edgewood Park in ClickFix, with addresses of owners. Anyone from NHPD want to comment on what is being done and how ClickFixers can help (NHPD leadership in Fair Haven/Fair Haven Heights/East Shore have been very good in past years working with community to address the problem)?

This has been a problem in Edgewood Park and elsewhere in New Haven for a very long time. The powers that be have never taken this seriously and the dirt bikers know it. They more or less thumb their noses at all of us. The problem will never be solved until these vehicles are registered and insured at point of sale just like cars and the NHPD starts taking this issue seriously.

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.

Thank you for your participation in the constructive dialogue regarding this issue. As The New Haven Police Department does not actively monitor this site, we ask that future incidents be reported directly through the NHPD non-emergency line at (203)946-6316.
For information on storage locations of ATVs and other illegal vehicles, please call (203)946-6098 (reports can be made anonymously). Community members are always welcome to notify their respective District Manager; however, it’s important that people don’t telephone their District Manager to report an incident which is currently taking place, but instead telephone the incident into the non-emergency line to have officers dispatched. We appreciate your concern and help in addressing this matter.