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STAFFORD – A victim was involved in a road rage incident where the perpetrator pulled a gun on them. Then, police pulled the victim over with their guns drawn, mistakenly thinking the victim was the perpetrator.
The incident happened over the first weekend in June. According to Stafford police, it began with a road rage incident on Route 72 east in Barnegat. One of the parties involved allegedly brandished a handgun and was heading into Stafford Township.
Barnegat no longer has local dispatch, so the County Sheriff’s Department contacted Stafford to alert them.
Then, Stafford police pulled the victim over in a Wawa parking lot. Because they believed they were pulling over an armed suspect, Stafford officers had their weapons drawn.
“It was quickly determined by our officers that it was the victim’s vehicle, not the suspects, and motor vehicle stop was concluded on a positive note,” Stafford police reported.
Sheriff Michael Mastronardy said he reviewed the tapes and met with both Barnegat and Stafford chiefs.
“There was a miscommunication between the officer and the dispatcher,” he said. Policies in the Sheriff’s Department will be strengthened, he said. From now on, when license plates are being confirmed, they will be confirmed a specific way to avoid confusion.
Oh man.
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Can somebody find the scumbag with the gun please? Thanks
Embarrassing
Mae Boquel not embarrassing when there was a miscommunication
Ashley Vosseller lol still embarassing..im sure who ever miscommunicated wasnt proud of their decisions ????
What if an innocent person was shot and killed? This was not only a break down in communication but sounds like a bunch of cowboys just looking to draw their weapons. What did they do to secure the location first?
Dumbasses..
Smh
NJs finest cops for you
Damion Huggins
Your a ass. Call a drug dealer next time you need a cop.
They are NJs finest!!
Susan O’malley When I get robbed I’ll call a cop just to wait eight hours and have him shrug his shoulders
People like you disgust me. Too much trust in police like they have some super powers
Where the hell do you live having to wait 8 hours?
They don’t have super powers. Just human beings putting their life on the line everyday for shit pay n no respect.
Sounds like you had a bad experience n now have a chip on your shoulder.
My son is a police officer spending his day protecting scrum bags like you.
Someone could’ve been killed! :/
Like any of you critics would ever have the juevos to do their job.
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Andy Nemec exactly !!
OHH MY GOSH, that poor person I bet needed a change of pants?? SMH..?
Ohhhh, so this is what happened in the Wawa parking lot that evening! Wow! ?♀️?♀️?♀️?♀️?♀️
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Believe it or not I’ll let you in a little secret. Police officers are human and also do make mistakes shhhhh
Rich Lerche is that also enough of an excuse for civilians or are we paving a one way street here?
Rich Lerche there’s no pleasing some people ?
Why do 911 calls go thru sheriff, needless delay and miscommunication.
Bruce Beyer…, no its not you have no clue what the hell you’re talking about. I’ve worked 30 years emergency services.
Lew Fiord bs, you tell county then they call local PD and you explain it all over again. Obviously it was 1 year repeated 30 times, lol. Even Brick cops says it’s faster to call them direct, so your clueless.
Bruce Beyer because Barnegat got rid of dispatchers
Barbara Basile Slocum that’s why every town has to go thru county, lol?
Bruce Beyer why is the fifth policeman in brick to show up at a homicide suicide driving at 75 on cherry quay road to watch a female policeman wrap yellow tape around a fence post. Endangering everyone on this road at the time.
Bruce Beyer it goes off the tower and rings at the nearest tower for about 10 seconds, if they don’t answer it moves on to the next for about 10 seconds and so on and so forth.. so if local PD didn’t answer next tower is most likely going to be county
Leticia Nicole no that’s incorrect county is highest priority by policy
George Williams
An Officer should never pull their weapons unless they are 100% positive that they are pulling it for the right reasons. If this motorist would have mistakenly raised his hands or made a move that the police felt was aggressive an innocent person would have been shot. I am trying to figure out why they havent arrested the actual person who pulled their gun….?
Are you trying to get more police killed?
Matthew William Burtis yes and why not. Fuck 12
Better SAFE than sorry!!!
They (police) have every right to draw their weapons!!
but to the wrong person? that’s kind of an assnine comment
Doesn’t matter! Until they KNOW their safety isn’t at risk everyone involved is handled that way.
It’s NOT illegal for the cops to simply detain all involved ESPECIALLY when a weapon is involved. Once the situation is sorted out then those that are not a threat are no longer detained.
Glad for everyone that it ended well
Oh god, here go all of the Facebook legal experts. The police did their job with the information they were given. It was not the officers’ faults. It was a mistake.
Stef Genaro
Yea mistakes. What about the others have died in there mistakes
“Miscommunication” is NOT acceptable.
Eddie Rivera this happened to you when we started dating, and a very similar situation! I bet that driver has a thing or two to say like you did lol
Valeene Rivera yeap hey Mistake happenes we move on
Eddie Rivera you’re right babe we both grew up and came a long way since those days lol but still, what memories we’ve got! ❤️
Why it’s better to hibernate at home in the scummer.
Well at least they did not pop the door this time to release malagator
I came here to laugh at the Facebook experts.
Chris Maine
Christopher Elliott
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