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A lime green dirt bike has resurfaced this afternoon following a period of relative peace in the neighborhood. At one point the rider (see attached photo) abandoned the street for the sidewalk without any apparent reduction in speed which I'd estimate at 40 mph. I hope the photo helps.
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Anonymous (Guest)
John Fitzpatrick (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
RevKev (Registered User)
Concerned Mom (Registered User)
Brian B. Noonan (Guest)
Marge (Guest)
I agree -- they are back. After incredibly successful Quad Squad crack down, last few weeks (October 2009) been seeing dirt bikes on Whalley in Beaver Hill/s/Edgewood/Westville. One a single, another day, a group of four or five.
the single -- the driver looked so young I can't imagine he even has a driver's license.
I have no sympathy as to their having no place to ride. Who bought the bike? What urban dweller bought this bike with nowhere to ride?
Many open spaces ban offroading because the vehicles do nothing for preservation of open land, nothing -- they only degrade no matter how planned and controlled. We are are sorely short of open land in Connecticut.
John Fitzpatrick (Guest)
Yaakov Jacob Komisar (Registered User)
John Fitzpatrick (Guest)
Yaakov Jacob Komisar (Registered User)
Pedro (Guest)
Someone in the area should do the following:
Contact Leo Bombalicki. He is (was) charge of the Quad Squad.
Call 946-6316 for his contact # and cell.
It is true that the city has a no-chase policy in regards to bikes and quads. HOWEVER that does not mean that the police have no responsibility to monitor and observe the kids and make an arrest and confiscation if/when it is safe to do so. The police could have tailed the riders and possibly found where they lived and make the confiscation there.
Yaakov, I believe the officers were incorrect in their assertion that there was nothing they could have done, and hopefully someone in the police department will read these posts and help out with this situation.
bbnoonan (Guest)
I can sympathize with the police on the no-chase issue. There are too many people in this city eager to criticize the police for doing their duty. However, that's no reason to give up on the problem. Lime-green was roaring down the sidewalk on Sherman at Edgewood yesterday and missed running down my dog by only a few feet because he wasn't paying attention to pedestrians like me.
It's not just the danger this kid poses, or the nuisance he is. For me, it's his very public in-your-face, no-one-can-stop-me attitude that gets me angry when I see or hear him around my home.
*somebody* must know where this kid lives and stores his bike. Let's find out and tell the police. If enough law-abiding citizens speak up, we can change this situation.
Yaakov Jacob Komisar (Registered User)
RevKev (Registered User)
BB (Registered User)
I saw the bike at Orchard Street a week ago. I talked to an officer. He told me he knew but that he was not allowed to chase him for danger that he might cause more harm than good.
Hoepfully the quad squad gets this kid off the street.
John Fitzpatrick (Guest)
New HELL (Guest)
"I'm relatively new to the neighborhood, but maybe somebody else reading this board know some of the leaders in the community, maybe some of the clergy? Maybe they would be able to help identify the individual?"
That's a great idea. Why don't you wait outside the church. Eventually these kids will be so racked with guilt they'll show up to ask forgiveness for their sins! LMAO.
Yaakov Jacob Komisar (Registered User)
"That's a great idea. Why don't you wait outside the church. Eventually these kids will be so racked with guilt they'll show up to ask forgiveness for their sins! LMAO."
That has nothing to do with it. The fact is, you need voices of influence in the community on your side or there's no way to succeed in getting menaces like this off the street. In other cities I've lived in, local clergy have been able to help identify people and cement community pressure against such menaces.
Laugh your @#$% of if you wish, but the fact is, this can work.
RevKev (Registered User)
New Hell, your comment was uncalled for and contributes nothing to the conversation. Yaakov's comment may have been naive (it was a bit simply stated, my friend) but at least it was a statement suggesting some positive action towards resolving this issue.
Yaakov, many of us responding on this thread are 'leaders' in the community and as one of those 'leaders' I know that most of us are aware and seeking the location of the bike. Send me an email off line and we can talk more about the organizing efforts in this neighborhood. kevin@westrivernsc.org
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John Fitzpatrick (Guest)
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