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Newark Police Upping Enforcement Of Anti-Idling Law To Stem Vehicle Theft Newark Police Upping Enforcement Of Anti-Idling Law To Stem Vehicle Theft
Newark Police Upping Enforcement Of Anti-Idling Law To Stem Vehicle Theft Police in Newark plan to step up enforcement of a controversial law prohibiting excessive idling of vehicles -- but not for the reason why the law was passed in the first place.  New Jersey's 2012 law is intended to cut down on excessive vehicle emissions in a state with some of the worst ground-level pollution in the country. But officials in Newark want to crack down in order to reduce the city's vehicle thefts -- many of which involve cars and trucks left running unattended. Nearly 300 idling vehicles have been taken in Newark so far in 2019.  “That’s 22 percent of all stolen c…

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by Paul Milo