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Public safety officials say they are targeting dirt bikes, e-bikes and drag racing with summonses, social-media monitoring and academy recruitment
Summary
Public safety officials told the council they are actively enforcing against illegal ATVs, dirt bikes and drag racing, citing a series of summonses and arrests and ongoing investigations; the department is increasing academy classes to replenish personnel.
Public safety officials told the Newark City Council on May 13 that enforcement against illegal ATVs, dirt bikes, e-bikes and drag-racing events is active and evolving, and that police are using social-media monitoring, intelligence-led investigations and targeted weekend deployments to disrupt large meetups.
Police Chief Sharonda Morris said the department has pursued recent incidents by investigating social-media posts and arresting organizers. "We responded down to the scene and like we usually do ... our intel unit through social media, surveillances, and other investigative methods actually went after the guys that were not only at the event, but the person that put it on Instagram to get the people there was also charged in that incident," Morris said.
Deputy Police Director Leonardo Carrillo told…
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