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<v 0>Not only does this dangerous legislation continue to prevent parents from being</v>

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notified because police won't be able to realistically investigate the first

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place it guaranteed is that police will be powerless to investigate and

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address the use and abuse of alcohol and marijuana by kids at our

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schools, parks, beaches, and other places, a public gallery.

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This legislation turns our kids into innocent collateral damage and the cost for

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social justice in New Jersey. It's wrong,

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it's indefensible and it must be fixed. Now, you know,

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I stood on the floor of the state Senate and let no one tell you from the Senate

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or the assembly or the governor they didn't understand was in this bill.

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They were all briefed on it. This is a disgusting piece of legislation.

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The voters did not vote on that. We should have 12 year olds drinking, beer,

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smoking, marijuana, and nothing can be done about it.

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I want as a short legislator, what's going to happen this summer.

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I'm a beach person. I sit on the beach with my family,

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all of a sudden next to me, by the way, in this piece of legislation,

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anyone under 21 is considered a minor, anyone under 21.

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That means college students, people that are 18,

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19 and 20 years old are considered a minor.

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You cannot search them. Think about it. They walk on the beach,

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they hide a case of beer in a cooler.

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You can search it and they can not give you permission to search it.

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And who is the person that's responsible and is holding bag on this police.

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If they do something wrong, they can be charged with a third degree crime.

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That means it could be jail or a major fine.

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Now I'm sitting on the beach with my family. We smell marijuana.

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We see some kids drinking. We go over to the lifeguard station,

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they call the beach patrol. You know, what's going to happen.

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They're going to come to me and say, sir, you're going to have to move.

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I think we need to tell Mr. Murphy's Trenton Democrats,

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that when they pass these bills, they need to read them.

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They need to have some common sense because as the Senator said,

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when they make all these amendments and change the bill around,

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it really does no good.

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<v 1>We were absolutely astonished at the County level, uh,</v>

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to see that something of this magnitude had gone through trend and received the

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support received because it not only takes and ties the hands of our police

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officers and men and women that are out there doing their job. But, you know,

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it takes in and pulls the rights of every mother and father away from them,

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for children under the age of 21, uh, which is very, very critical.

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We're all young. At one point in time, you know,

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we all drank beer on the beach and different things throughout the course of the

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years,

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but this is just opening the door for this opportunity for these kids to be able

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to take and go down a path that we don't as parents want to see happen.

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<v 0>As a result of the pandemic last summer point pleasant beach.</v>

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So on almost 300% increase in borough ordinance violations.

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Most of these offenses came from juveniles and young adults who had been taught

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to demonize. Police view them as the problem.

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And I've never learned accountability for their actions. The restraint,

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our officers show here in town is simply inspiring.

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I've personally watched my officers get taunted screamed at and spit on.

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This is the environment that's being created.

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Now comes this latest hot piece of garbage out of the state house.

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They'll certainly continue the trend.

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The irony is the thing that most of these kids need the most is simply parental

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discipline. If that natural parental right is taken away by our legislators,

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we are going to be dealing with the most emboldened and aggressive crowd we've

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ever dealt with in our history. This summer.

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I'm well aware that governor Murphy has signaled support to scale back this

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provision. But if that actually occurs, the devil will be in the details.

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And nothing I have seen so far has led me to believe that any changes to the law

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will remove this ridiculous criminal liability component.

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Our officers now face the attacks on our police need to stop

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rumors haven't to Trenton is even quietly discussing revoking police immunity on

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a much broader scale.

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The chaos and action like this will cause would be devastating for point

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pleasant, beach and tourist destinations across the state.

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Right now it's even a struggle to just find enough class one and class two

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officers to fill all of our summer positions.

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These are brave individuals who are increasingly becoming a rare and rare breed.

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Ask yourself,

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why would someone want to enter a field where you put your life on the line

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every day, yet the narrative increasingly portrays you as the problem.

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Now take away the very protections that give them even the slightest levels of

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support and the thin blue line that keeps communities like mine safe at night

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would be a road into almost nothing. I am asking all of you here today,

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and those watching at home to help us do something about it.

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You don't need to waste your time contacting Senator singer or assemblyman

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catalog. They already stand with us. Context,

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descended prednisone in Sweeney contact house speaker Kauflin and contact.

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Governor Murphy demand that they not only repeal this prohibition on

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parental notification,

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but that they also do away with the criminal liability component to tell them

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you've had enough and that you want the attacks on our brave police to stop

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this. Isn't a Republican, a Democrat or an independent issue.

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This is common sense, and we need you to let your voices be heard.

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Stand with us. Thank you so much for coming today.

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