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when the outrage hits home.

Steve

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at church today a friend told me of a story that happened locally,.. it was one of those.. moments..

you like to think that these things happen elsewhere and that your local authorities are better trained.. and less rude..

my first thought was.. if the officer was that stupid,... how did he become an officer to begin with..

part of the reasoning behind m disbelief is that our communities do alot for vets.. we hold the American Legion and VFW conventions,.. we have a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.. to name a few ways our community reaches out to vets,.. heck this town was built by vets..

Army veteran kicked off North Wildwood boardwalk by police because of service dog.

NORTH WILDWOOD — An Army veteran was kicked off the North Wildwood boardwalk and issued a summons Thursday because he was walking with his service dog, according to local police and a Florida news report.

Jared Goering, a Tampa resident and 19-year U.S. Army veteran, was taking his first vacation in years with his wife Sally in North Wildwood when a police officer stopped him because he was walking with his dog Navigator.

The officer told Goering there were no dogs allowed on the boardwalk except guide dogs and issued him a summons. Goering showed the officer the dog's special service collar, but the officer was unapologetic, according to the report.

"He went on to say that, 'What are they doing? Giving every vet a dog now?' " Sally Goering told ABC.

"He mockingly asked if all veterans get service dogs," said Jared's wife, Sally Goering, "his dog is medically necessary and he is a service dog."

He [the dog] has a vest on him, he has a leash, and that's all that's necessary. He does carry an ID which he did give to the officer, and the officer gave it back and said, ‘that doesn't mean anything to me,'" Sally Goering said.

Jared retired from military service after 19 years because of injuries during multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has a traumatic brain injury from the IEDs and problems with mobility. Gator helps him walk and go up and down stairs.

Goering entered retirement in 2009 after he suffered two IED explosions in Afghanistan within a 36-hour period, ABC reported. He that after suffering through the debilitating aftermath, his service dog has allowed him to lead a normal life and feel comfortable in crowds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c18KyUe6-A

The dog had a vest, an ID card and a collar indicating he was a service dog...


it shouldn't have happened.. period.. not in my town,.. nor my neighbors' town.. it sicken me when vets are not treated with respect,.. especially one who gave so much for US..
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
That would be painful for the disabled veteran to endure, and for anyone knowing or reading about it.

What's the phone number, email address or snail mail address of the Wildwood, NJ police department? They need to hear from some patriots!
The policeman that did this to the veteran needs suspended or better yet, fired.

Hope you have a contact number of some sort. Phone, mail or e-mail.
Print it here if you wouldn't mind. :D
 

Steve

Well-known member
it was actually the North Wildwood police.

on the island we have five different municipalities. six if you count West Wildwood that is a small man made island to the west of the main island.. each with it's city goverment and police department..

I had always considered North Wildwood's department the most professional and diligent..

They have a great mayor,. Bill Henfey.. a decent man.. I am sure an e-mail to him would be appropriate and get the best response.. but I listed all the info below.

City of North Wildwood, New Jersey
901 Atlantic Avenue
North wildwood, New Jersey 08260

[email protected]

City Hall 609-522-2030

Tourism 800- 882-7787



Mayor William Henfey
901 Atlantic Avenue
P.O. Box 499
North Wildwood, New Jersey 08260
(609) 522-6464
[email protected]

to be honest I could have expected it from our department.. they have a few real (bad words) cops.. and we have a boardwalk inspector who can write citations that has been an absolute jerk and imbecile over the years..

With that said.. even a decent department needs to hear about it when one of theirs screws up...
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
Will do, Steve. And I bet I'm not the only one. This kind of stuff needs to stop and especially where our veterans are concerned. Isn't anything sacred anymore? :x
 

hopalong

Well-known member
I just fired off an email to everyone listed....
Keep us informed if you hear anymore about this....
This is something the media needs to get involved with...
And that cop need to be fired and sent to Valley county MT to be trained in sensitivity by our HERO!!!!
 
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