TOMS RIVER – He doesn’t want to reveal his name, but will say he’s almost 50, from North Jersey. A husband. A father. A small business owner. And a former cop.
For nearly two decades he served in the public safety field, and when he wouldn’t falsify a report as he alleges his superior instructed him, he was harassed, falsely charged, which a hired attorney proved wrong. He sued and won, and was out of a job.
“No other department would hire a cop who tells on other cops, so I went into business for myself,” he said in an email to Jersey Shore Online.
We’ll call him Police State: New Jersey, after the YouTube channel that’s his, where he posts videos of himself off camera video recording the interior and exterior of government buildings.
It’s a video of him recording the exterior of the Toms River Police Department posted to his channel Jan. 4 that garnered the public’s attention. As of Jan. 9, it’s been viewed nearly 80,000. It received so much attention Toms River Police Chief Mitch Little addressed it on the department’s Facebook page.
Need to investigate Berkeley next!
I can’t agree with you more. My son got stopped by Berkeley and the police officer took out his phone and was googling his charges.
Just dumb
So ahole calls on himself about suspicious persons to instigate a problem with an officer….. I don’t understand how no one thinks this guy needs to punished
wait, so he is mad because he was recording outside of the police department and a police officer asked him for id and why he was there, because he seemed suspicious? I get he was allowed to record by law and wasnt doing anything wrong but what if he was? should the cop not have asked him any questions at all and hope that nothing bad happens? it doesnt really make sense
This dude is such an a-hole. Not to mention, the cop already got humiliated on camera, posted on YouTube etc. Apparently that’s still not enough to prove this ‘grudge’. Plus, he orchestrated it, knowing exactly what would happen. He knew it looked suspicious and that a cop would/should ask.
Everyone who said ‘don’t give up your civil rights’. Yuck. Did we all forget someone threw some bombs in garbage cans not that long ago? Find another way to demonstrate your point. This way was shady and wrong. The guy was the asshole here. Not the cop. And the cop already paid for it.
it makes no sense if someone is recording my house, legal or not im going to ask them why they are there. so if he didnt do his job and this guy hurt someone he would get in trouble but now he is in trouble for doing his job, sounds ridiculous to me
Exactly. And hey. We know cops aren’t always right. We know there’s some issues with some cops. In this situation….this guy is just an absolute brat looking for some kind of revenge. ? And yes. If someone is taking video of my house, I’ll video right back and I would hope a cop gets all his info. I don’t care if he can state the exact code to do so. ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnTYox3_QQ&t=0s
Ocean County Scanner News i honestly dont care about his video. People lie all the time and have alternative motives.
Courtney Leonard Glackin private property, ie. your house is not the same as out on public property. Rights. Do you want an officer with a chip on his shoulder harassing you for no reason? If I’m videoing, I don’t want to be stopped every time and be forced to show my ID.
Sharon Lynn Huber, Facts! People are too stupid to realize that suspicion isn’t a crime and that filming in public is a first amendment protected activity. The officer has every right to ask him what he is doing, but unless a crime is being committed, you don’t have to answer a single question or give your ID for simply filming in public. Simple first amendment rights. Instead of talking about how scary it is that these tyrant cops think they can just violate people’s rights on a whim, they bitch about the guy bringing awareness about how these cops really have no idea about laws they are supposed to enforce. Now that is scary. The cop made a fool out of himself and it is nobody’s fault but his own. Once again this is America, not Nazi Germany. It’s scary how people would just bend over and let these cops violate their rights.
Only reason to make this video was to start a little crybaby war…I would have stopped you too.Is what it is,you are filming a police station and surrounding areas plus surveillance cameras…for all I know you see planning some kind of attack on the station and this is how you are going to find the right place and time to do it.
Mike Josephson because in gta thats exactly what they did. case the place and strike later.
Ricky Gettis well what was his reason for filming in the first place, other than starting this exact thing? and if i wasnt doing any thing wrong and am not breaking the law, than why would i care if he asked me for my id? the only people who would have a problem with it are the people who are doing something wrong and have something to hide. otherwise what is the big deal? because the cop wanted to make sure this guy was not up to something that could potentially harm someone else?
Sharon Lynn Huber well even if the person was on the sidewalk or in the street filming my house, i am going to want to know why. and will probably call the police, who will ask the guy who he is and for some id. so just because it happens in front of the police station and not in front of someones house, that makes it different? and again i say, what were his reasons for filming? to expose cops? start problems? become internet famous? lets be real . . .
Christina Ann https://www.aclu-nj.org/yourrights/what-do-if-youre-stopped-police maybe you should have paid attention in history class when they explained the constitution of our country and the amendments to it. Our ancestors fought for us to have these rights and he is just checking to see if the police are not violating our basic rights.
Y’all are totally right. It’s nazi Germany here. That poor man. I’m sorry for my harsh comments. Know what cops? Don’t investigate when people call you about a guy….just videoing an area like a shady weirdo (that he probably called in himself to start the altercation).
God some people are so dumb. Yeah let’s not care about our rights and just give in to unjust actions.
Nick Nickelson or its called not being up tight all the damn time. Not everything has to be turned into such a big damn deal.
So criminals can run wild without being questioned?
Criminal for shooting video at a public place?
This guy did same thing in Jackson
Teresa Jasinski And Howell
Andrew Michael he gets around Rebel Rouser
He also hide in building so police couldn’t see which car he was driving but dumb a— they have cameras all over the place
Whoever this dude is needs a hobby.
Mike Josephson this is his hobby…
Tim Beaton well then I pity him..
Put in the search box “guyHarasses Howell police” on you tube Guy does this daily almost
Andrew Michael and the cops are the ones with the problem?
A lot of people are missing the point. Getting asked a question by a police officer and being asked for identification are two totally different things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnTYox3_QQ&t=9s