VIDEO: Gloucester Township Police Chief Harkins Interviewed by 6ABC Action News' Beccah Hendrickson On NJ “Public Brawling” Bill Becoming Law on June 2, 2025. https://youtu.be/2P8LdVWn5CU
Gloucester Township Chief David Harkins stated:
“This law will provide law enforcement with another enforcement tool to stop the trend of lawless behavior that we experienced at our Gloucester Township Day event on June 1, 2024. I am grateful for the leadership of Senator Moriarty, Assemblyman Hutchinson, and Assemblyman Miller that led to this “Public Brawling” bill becoming law.”
https://www.assemblydems.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=12642
Gloucester Township Police Officers, Special Class 1 Officers, Dispatchers, as well as numerous Law Enforcement Officers from surrounding towns (approximately 100 in total) responded to Gloucester Township Day/ Drone Show on June 1, 2024 in which up to 500+ unruly juveniles and young adults began to congregate and then cause multiple violent fights. It is believed that the perpetrators and fights were organized through social media platforms. Several Police Officers were assaulted and injured during the two-hour long incident. Numerous arrests were made the day of the incident, and several more were made following a lengthy investigation.
▶ Original Media Release 6-2-2024: https://gtpolice.com/news/article/1515
▶ Legislative Press Conference 6-27-2024: https://gtpolice.com/news/article/1559
▶ Chief Harkins Testimony To NJ State Senate 2-13-2025:
https://gtpolice.com/news/article/2079
▶ Chief Interviewed By NJ Assembly Majority Office In Support of GT Day Legislation Initiative 2-26-2025: https://youtu.be/HFR5eOL2uV8
▶ Postponement Of Gloucester Township Day Full Press Conference 4-8-2025: https://youtu.be/NGphCLWv8LQ
https://gtpolice.com/news/article/2279
