Cynthia Plackis

Review of Woodbridge Twp. Police Departm...

UPDATE: after this incident i went to the police s...

UPDATE: after this incident i went to the police station and spoke with a sergeant. I was a far more relieved after speaking with him and happy with the way that he handled this situation. He was EXTREMELY resolution oriented and made sure that whatever he could do to make me feel safe was able to be done. He was great, and i am thankful that i decided to go to the station and express my concerns about keeping anonymous callers identities safe and how domestic violence calls are handled.
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If i could give zero stars I would. I recently moved to Woodbridge from Manhattan and the Bronx before that and I have never felt as unsafe as I do here in Woodbridge. In my apartment complex I have been listening to my neighbor verbally abuse his partner and engage in what sounds a lot like physical abuse so I finally called the police after 3 months of listening to it- not only for the victim but because I personally do not feel safe and I am a young woman who lives alone, and this is what i try and fall asleep next to every night . I call and asked please please please let me remain anonymous because i do not feel safe with him knowing i made the call. After the police come and go that apartment, they come BARGING and BANGING on my door, may i mind you it is 11:50 PM. They continue, screaming "SO YOU CALLED AND FILED A COMPLAINT, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO BE WRONG INSIDE AND NOBODY HAS ANY BRUISES" so now i am having heart palpitations because this animal next door now knows that I am the one who called when i SPECIFICALLY asked not to be addressed and then i expressed my concern and this officer says "well whats normal for you might not be the same as what is normal to someone else" I am repulsed. I see one other review where this exact situation has happened before and i am disgusted and mortified that this is a standard procedure for ANONYMOUS domestic violence calls. This is not only harmful to the victims but those who are trying to report these things. This will deter a lot of people from reporting situations and events where they would like to remain anonymous. This is disgusting and awful. There needs to be a serious effort made to reconstruct the procedure in place for officers sent out to address these incidences and how to respect someones privacy when they ask to be anonymous.