New Jersey State Police will begin issuing citations to parents of unruly teenagers in light of recent crimes involving underage tourists in towns along the famed Jersey Shore, a major tourist haven.
The Margate Police Department announced last week that it would enforce a city ordinance that allows officers to arrest unsupervised juveniles “if they engage in any unlawful conduct, endanger their safety, or if they ignore the lawful orders of an officer and attempt to commit sexual assault.” Intervene when “intervene”.Keep them safe” from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
In recent months, a teen was stabbed on a boardwalk near Ocean City over the Memorial Day weekend. In response to violence and other incidents, the city of Wildwood has banned backpacks on beaches and boardwalks from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.
In Margate, police will take unsupervised teenagers to a police station and contact a parent or guardian to pick them up.
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FILE – A large number of people walk along the Ocean City Boardwalk at sunset on July 23, 2023 in Ocean City, New Jersey, with American flags flying beside them. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
If necessary, the parent will receive a summons and the child will be charged with the offense for which they are being held.
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“We have reached our limit…we are asking parents to take responsibility for the behavior of their underage and unsupervised children,” police said in a Facebook post.
Aerial view of a pier and beach in Margate, New Jersey. The city of Margate is enforcing an ordinance that would allow police to issue tickets to parents or guardians of unruly teenagers. (Courtesy of Bridgefest/Stan Berger; City of Margate)
The ordinance, titled Parental Responsibility Ordinance No. 117-4, provides for penalties for parents or guardians in the care and custody of minors who “knowingly allow a minor to loiter, loitering, loitering, loitering, Take a stroll or play”. Streets, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds, docks, docks or other public places, public places and public buildings, places of entertainment, open space or any motor vehicle or conveyance or other place where no one is supervising… at night 10:00 and 6:00 the next morning.
FILE – People walk and bike along the boardwalk the day before Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, in the Wildwood Shores community of Wildwood, New Jersey, May 28, 2021. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
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“Over the past few years, we, along with other police departments and public officials across the state, have asked parents to better supervise their children. To date, those calls have had little or no success, so we took this action to ensure that our community safety.
