Topic: COMMUNITY INTEREST
http://www.njsp.org/ucr/pdf/current/20160715_crimetrend.pdf
The Mayor of Hamilton has been touting,"CRIME IN MY TOWN IS THE LOWEST IT HAS BEEN SINCE 1977." This constant message is a message to criminals,"ALL CRIMINALS WELCOMED."
The residents of Cornell Heights for the past two years have been in contact with the Mayors office, the council, the engineering department and many others; as it pertains to a public safety issue in their neighborhood. Their requests for help have gone ignored. The mayors office never responds, the engineering office closes all the complaints immediately, with a message "issue has been addressed", when it has not. This is how Hamilton really works.
Last evening I got to personally witness first hand how unsafe the town of Hamilton has become. I was followed for over a mile on my way home on foot on Sloan rd. I went to Thriftway after eating at Pizza Uno. This young male followed me as soon as I came out of Thriftway. I went into the new kickboxing place to try to get away from him. He waited across the street. I then quickly walked towards train station and thought he would go the other way, he appeared to do that. However, when I turned around he came running toward me. I then turned around and ran to the train station. No police where there. He was a young male in royal blue tshirt 5'8" and jeans. I thought I could to lose him, but he kept finding me. I crossed over tracks to American Metro way. They have a security guard 24/7 there that patrols the parking lot 24/7 due to the high crime to the building there. I asked for his help. He was so nice and helped me. He made sure I got to the end of the american metro way area safely and then I ran like a nut to my neighbors house. My neighbor walked me home and stood there until my garage door closed to the ground. I called the police when I got home to tell them what happened. Hopefully they did go and look for this person.
People may question why I did not call the police when this was going on. I did not because our Mayor has created an atmopshere that leadership does not care about residents public safety. The police are stretched so thin that I doubted, especially in the evening, that anyone could have come to help anyway.
Let's review the crime statistics of NJ and Hamilton, Mercer county specifically.
NJ 2016 Crime (Projected Data)*
| Incidents | Per 100,000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Aggravated Assault | 710,616 | 219 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 2,166,837 | 668 |
| Forcible Rape | 77,742 | 24 |
| Larceny and Theft | 5,650,876 | 1,742 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 358,849 | 111 |
| Murder and Manslaughter | 13,742 | 4 |
| Robbery | 341,587 | 105 |
| Crime Rate (Total Incidents) | 9,320,248 | 8,176,915 |
| Property Crime | 8,176,562 | 2,521 |
| Violent Crime | 1,143,686 | 353 |
Since the current mayor has come into power in Hamilton and gave themselves the role of public safety officer, here is what is happening in Hamilton.
Since 2015....to the new reports that just came out July 15 2016
Robbery
By Firearm is up 260%
Other Dangerous Weapon is up 400%
Assault
With a gun is up 125%
Aggravated Assault with (hand,fist, feet, etc) is up 71.2%
Burglary by Forcible entry is up 46.8%
Larceny is up by 62.2%
By the end of 2015, Rape was up by 63.6%.
By the end of 2015, attempted rape was up by 100%
This is why people do not feel safe in Hamilton. For anyone in leadership to pat themselves on the back and state otherwise is irresponsible. The police department is doing all they can with what they have. It's time there is a better focus on public safety by the towns public safety officer, the mayor.
