The guy isn't from Brick, the police chase started in Trenton and he just happened to pull off the parkway into Brick. Could have happened anywhere! I'm not saying there aren't issues, but seems like a random event.

It didn't take place there, it ended there, it started in Trenton.

What a moronic statement to make

And fired a weapon from the vehicle during the chase. Should they have clocked 30 minutes and then just let the armed suspect just go on his merry way?

Max, c'mon and try to stop with the ignorant comments. You aren't that nieve to realize all the gangs from Camden and Trenton have found safe haven in Brick after years and years of Brick residents touting Brick was the "SAFEST" place in the US! The gangs have slowly migrated here just like the Hacidicks migrated from New York to Lakewood, then destroyed that town. The gangs know they can take the drive across NJ to Brick and have miles and miles of untouched youth ready to join there ranks. Don't pretend to not see it all around you in Brick, especially Herbertsville.

The gangs graffitti their handles and codes all over town now, just more proof that they are in Brick to stay. Maybe the mayor can safe a few more bucks and cut the police force even thinner, that way he can support his family and friends that he has on staff. Max, please stop trying to misinform the readers, you know better than anyone that the truth is Brick is now in the hands of gangs, and the decay is evident everywhere. Too late to turn back now, residents should have grown a backbone when they first started to attract here, now, it's too late.

Max, the majority of crime that has been reported on the patch as been in the Herbertsville area. My grandparents had a home there and I also grew up off 20th. I'm just pointing out the obvious. But yes, in this case you are right, it could have been anywhee...but it doesn't change the fact that there are problems in the area.

Still, even though this incident happened to end in the area doesn't mean there isn't a problem in the area in general. It is also a FACT that gangs and criminals DO move around. Believe it or not, they actually look at town stats. They look for towns or areas with financial problems where there is a less than normal level of police OR especially where there are layoffs. It doesn't take much to find out. That is fact. Also, unfortunately, we have neighbors that don't care for each other too. Heck, mine wouldn't spit on me if my hair was on fire! I would expect them to help keep our homes and neighborhood safe. That's just the sign of the deteriorating times...

Max, It's also completely possible that a fairy will come down from the sky and erase all the graffitti in Brick, and give out lollipops to encourage all the deeply rooted gang members to pack up and go back to Camden on purple unicorns. Might be time to take off your blinders. It's people like you who KEEP turning a blind eye on the real issue, HOPING it will go away. See what hoping has gotten you. A town that most long time residents are FLEEING from.......

How's the 3rd Safest City in America looking now?

Set up a sub station at Maple Leaf? Wait...that could probably lower crime over there.

The new budget that was adjusted by the council, re-appropriated funds back into the police project, if I am not mistaken.

There is one particular section of Herbertsville that is a problem, and we all know what that is. The rest of the area is beautiful, with some of the nicest homes in Brick and one of the best schools in the district. That particular area needs to become a primary focus of the local police, including a permanent substation. Also, I wonder if it would be legal to install security booths at all entrances (as in a retirement community) so that all comings and goings are recorded?

Hey Better Days!!!!! Lakewood USED to have one or two BAD areas, as you categorize it. Tell me if you would move your family to Lakewood now? That town is a disaster and it only took 5 years or so for one BAD AREA to become one BAD city. Herbertsville is the core, and this time next year don't be surprised if it's WORSE than Lakewood. Gotta get your head out of the sand, you are trying to think because one area is bas it will stay in that concentrated area? Seriously? Thats like saying the cancer on my lung is small, but it won't ever spread because it's concentrated on one small area. Wake up and stop trying to sugar coat the issue. Herbertsville is and will always be the worst part of Brick, and it is growing.

Barry, I guess you missed the part where I:
a) admitted there is a significant problem
b) offered a couple of possible solutions
Nobody's head is in the sand, I'm fully aware of the issues. But rather than just complain about them and act like all is lost, I would like our community to address them and see if there is a cure. Because you just don't let cancer grow, you TREAT it.
PS. Chill out.

BetterDays, so in your reply you say "I would like our community to address them and see if there is a cure".

Does that mean you will continue to stay on the sidelines and HOPE someone, anyone steps up for your silent voice. C'mon and wake up, the sheep in this town continue to hope its going to get better, but do NOTHING about it like yourself. I suggest hiding under the bed when the crime gets closer to your home. Whining on this forum doesn't appear to be working for you, or the other dummies hoping for change.

Barry, you have no idea who I am or what I do in my community, so I would suggest you pipe down. When it comes to what people on this forum are or are not doing, you are speaking from a position of ignorance. I don't have a clue who you are or what you do to better your community so I won't judge you. I would expect the same in return.

I have know the family for a very long time. Their youngest daughter recently got engaged last month to him. They were dating for awhile.

Safest CITY. Not town. It was all PR spin and meant nothing. That designation was based on population, so Brick was being compared to real cities like Camden, Newark, etc. Apples to oranges.

Great question! I guess not reporting serious crime has a lot to do with it...

You guys really are either ignorant or as blind as the mayor had hoped. The entire town was brainwashed for 5 years in a row that we were the 3rd SAFEST CITY in AMERICA!!!! You fell asleep and rested on the fact you were 3rd SAFEST, what a joke. You basically bragged about it year after year, all the while behind the curtain the town was getting over run by these roaches. NOW, how's it feel being 3rd SAFEST? I notice the mayor stopped bragging about it a few years back, when it used to be his personal montra day after day after day whenever he was questioned about issues, it was always but we are 3rd SAFEST.........Blah Blah Blah.........You were all eating up that crap, bragging to your family and friends how safe you felt, but basically you did NOTHING to keep that safety, you assumed that dummy in town hall was running the ship. He was, he was busy filling spots in the town with his family and friends, and forgot to keep an eye on your SAFETY!

Barry, you sure do throw out a lot of finger pointing and put downs on others. You must be our new savior that is all knowledgeable and has all of the solutions. The rest of us must just be idiots and need to follow you.
You simply come off as a drama queen with too much anger and apparently, too much time on your hands.

Threr are alot of want-to-be-banger kids here.Thats a whole different problem but just go up by the movie house in brick the gangs have been recruiting there for a few years and unfortunately it is not against the law for teens to be talking or exchanging phone numbers.They are here and some of thier higher ups also.Open your eyes but Brick can still turn it around if it puts in the effort.

Actually, it's not that no one cares, its because the entire town was brainwashed for 5 years in a row that we were the 3rd SAFEST CITY in AMERICA!!!! The mayor kept saying it like it over and over and over and over. It accomplished two major things. ONE- We all were brainwashed and basically taken of our guard. TWO-The criminal element was basically given a road map to a pristine city with sleepy head residents who not only believed that crap, but wore it like some badge of honor. 5 years later you awake and see that you were asleep all the time they crept right in under your noses and took away the ONE thing you thought you had. SAFETY. Now its too late to piss and moan, should have been doing that instead of bragging your town was 3rd safest.

"Not THAT bad", the new slogan for Brick residents. What happened to 3rd SAFEST CITY you dummies used to say over and over whenever an issue arose. Now the new Brick slogan is "It's not that bad". Brick Mom, do you mean compared to Camden, or Trenton, or just because your stuck here for 30+ years you have resigned to the fact the decay is inevidible? It's people like you who sit and take it, and turn a blind eye to the problem, that leave the mess for kids of the future to deal with. If you really are a Brick Mom, you should take some pride in your town, and do something rather than stupidly say that the town is "Not That Bad!"

How ignorant and shamefull. If you are ok leaving your children this mess of a city, then I do feel sorry for them. if they are being taught in the home to just TAKE IT, instead of standing up for what they love, then you are going to get exactly what you are preaching to them. Except, this town will be filled with the worse Camden can offer and the worst that the Jersey Shore tv show can offer. Stand up and stop letting the mayor brainwash you into believing it's all ok. Once he leaves office, guess where he will be living. I promise you, far far far far far away from Brick. Yet, you get to live with the residual effects from his inept years in office.

Still brainwashed into beleiving its safest city huh. You just can't let that badge of honor go. Despite the town around you crumbling?

if you knew the first thing about police guidelines in the state of NJ regarding pursuits you would understand that, unlike in most states down in the good ole south, NJ police can not do "pit maneuvers", cant box cars in, cant drive parallel to a vehicle, cant overtake a vehicle, cant "tap" vehicles to cause them to spin out or lose control, etc etc. They can basically only "pursue" and attempt to use tire deflation devices but those are pretty difficult to deploy on any NJ roadway.

So where were the "tire deflation devices" Hollowman? Did they try? The Police radio is faster than any car or SUV. So they can't shoot out tires but its legal for the cops to shoot the driver? And where is the suspects so called gun? It will be interesting to see test results looking for gun powder resin on the perps hands!! Clyde I agree with you 100%!!

use of a tire deflation device requires an officer to both deploy and retract it while in traffic. this creates a substantial risk to other drivers as well as the officer and is pretty much impossible to do on roadways like 195 or GSP. There are also several guidelines to follow about safely deploying them (road should be straight to avoid collosions with other oncominc vehicles or houses after the tires are deflated) and since tire deflation devices dont immediately stop the vehicle, there is still a risk of injury to other motorists after the tires are deflated. This state is more strict than any other about things like this and it has nothing to do with the individual departments. all the guidlines come down from the powers that be in the state.

http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/agguide/vehpurs.htm for anyone interested in reading the actual policy from the state, before running their mouths about things of which they do not know.

You should consider running for mayor of Brick. These sheep in Brick would fall in line and believe just about anything you preach to them. Tell them you need to raise their taxes 5 years in a row because your making it the SAFEST city in America. No wait, tell them you and your homies need some new whips, Doritos and some bling for yo women. Then tell them your gansta friends will bring Brick back to Safest City, you will win in a landslide. Dummies like MAX and BrickMom would vote for you without even thinking twice.

HAHA, We're the sheep, but you're the ass

LMFAO at TimeForChange

Only in Brick would an idiot be PROUD of being called a sheep. Maybe if you and your pals on this forum actually did what your name implies "Time For Change" this town would change. But you, BrickMom, Max, etc, all come here hoping for a change or hoping someone else will fix it for you. Nothing more sad than LAZINESS, and you guys are the poster children of laziness.

I imagine you called me an ass because I actually stand up for myself, and don't fall in line and cower like the rest of you do. You come here moaning week after week about the old Brick, the Safest City Brick, blah blah blah.

Time to wake up, you lost OLD Brick years ago, so sit back and hide in your home, get a gun permit and get ready to protect what you have. The gangs LOVE BRICK!!!! They ain't going anywhere, and if you think your ignorant comments here on a forum will scare them away, you and Brick Mom will be in for a sad awakening.

The current youth of Brick, your kids, are sheep just like their parents, and the Gangs will give them structure and do what you aren't. The gangs will spend time with them and teach them how to decay the city further, while dummies like you and BrickMom and Max sit here on the forum whining day after day about the glory days..... lmfao ;)

Brick is a few years away from being the new Camden.

You guys need to stop whining, its getting old.

Just tired of the likes of MAX and BrickMom who come on here constantly talking about hoping things get better, or things aren't really that bad. Grow a backbone and stop by town hall one night and let your voice be heard there. I may be a little bitter because when I bought my house at $450,000, amazed to see it barely is worth $350,000 today. The economy and other factors aside, how can I ever expect to find a buyer when the town is becoming the laughing stock of the Jersey Shore. We are not a pit stop for the fist pumpers on their way to getting hooked up in the roach motels. If not them, the gangs have decided to deeply root themselves here as well, all th while these dummies on this forum continue to ask the moronic question like ANDY "Wasn't Brick the Safest City". The mayor fooled all you sheep into a false sense of security, and then when your guard was down, the scum and roaches walked right in the front gate under your noses. Hope you enjoyed the title. Gonna be awesome to see these idiots when Brick is TOP on the most violent, or least livable lists. Dummies!

Don't forget all the nameless finger pointing cowards who offer no real solutions to any problems, and most likely can't offer any valid solutions due to a complete and total lack of understand or knowledge of politics, public safety, business, economics, social sciences or psychology! They are the worst Bricktuckyanites out there!!!

Hollowman, problem is that the finger pointing cowards in office in Brick continually get re-elected by the same type of cowards like BrickMom, Max, TimeForChange. They walk around like sheep and vote for these cowards, then come here crying that their SAFEST city is now one of the top VIOLENT cities in NJ. Instead of going to the township meetings and getting a backbone, they come on this forum, and hope someone else will make it better for them.

Now that just about every tree in brick that could be cut down has been replaced by a home, the property values will continue to skyrocket DOWNWARD. You can get a house that used to be 300k for about $150k today. Watch in another year the types of families ruling Brick. My two new neighbors who basically stole the houses on my block, both work in Jersey City, and commute there every day, and come home to Brick to live. They make triple the money up there, come to Brick and pay nothing for a house, then commute and spend there $$$ in Jersey City. Hope the sheep in this town enjoy their new neighbors, they make the cast of the Jersey Shore look like the Brady Bunch.

Adios Brick ;)