So scary! Praying for officer in surgery and praying for our Township! Things like this don't happen here!!

Make the police department building a gun free zone.

Prayers to the officers family.

For the officers safety, let's make gt a gun free zone.

Thank God the officers are okay. I live so close and thought I heard hellicopters early this a.m. - so scary!!!

Praying for these brave officers. Town council and the mayor need to cleanup this township. There are too many Section 8 apartment complexes that attract the dregs which affects Safety and overall well being. As a result, crime has increased here, businesses have closed or moved away ( just drive down Blackwood Clementon Rd. and see the many shuttered locations).,and their children drain our school system. GT is becoming the next Lindenwold

Thinking Schu's comments may border on inappropiate. God Bless the injured officers and their families.

“Paul J. DiBartolo
10:50 am on Thursday, December 27, 2012
“…The Second Amendment is a protection established by the founders ... When the people are armed the government will maintain a safe distance.”

Guess the GT Police failed to head Paul’s warning to stay away from this criminal or get shot.

My Prayers go out to the GT Police and their family members.”

As a retired State Officer my heart and prayers go out to the officers and family of those injured. Regarding the comments about a gun free zone. The township's buildings already are gun free zones. Criminals do not abide to laws. Firearm laws only affect laws abiding citizens...

To the Gloucester Township Police Dept. and the three police officers and their families. You are in my prayers. God bless each of you and may you have a safe and speedy recovery.

Sincerely,

Karl W Wirtz CH

To my brothers in Blue;
..as more details come out, I can see how this went bad.
Don't let your guard down because I flash my badge.
You should be more vigilant. That piece of tin means I'm a trained combatant.
If you don't give me privilege, I could turn on you.

I know 2 officers from that dept and thank God they are okay... Prayers to the officers who were shot

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Ah I thought such people would never attack a place where guns were? NRA wrong? Of course not!

just the other day the Vice President of the NRA was saying that having good guys with guns around would be a good thing.
and less than a week later some guy just waltzes into a POLICE station and shoots up the place?
I hope the officers make a full recovery but I can't help thinking of how convenient of an event this is considering the present anti gun climate.
I am not a conspiracy theorist but I can't help thinking that there's more than meets the eye with all the shootings happening these past couple years and the pace of these shootings seem to be accelerating to the tune of the gun control advocatesand the shooters end up dead, ( I actually don't mind that the shooters ended up dead) but they sure do leave a whole lot of unanswered questions which answers will not be forthcoming as to why alegedly intelligent individuals like the shooter in Colorado and the Newtown, CT. shooter, both with some history of antisocial tendencies but also doing very well in academic pursuits, suddenly snap, buy up an arsenal and shoot up a school? why? at least the Colorado theater shooter is still alive and I'll be watching what develops with him during his trial.
this IS scary and even though I own guns (and do not EVER think of shooting ANY live being) I can understand how freaked out a lot of people are getting.

A gunman didn't go to a police station to do this. According to the story it was a prisoner who took a police officers gun.

How about expressing some sympathy for the injured officers and condolences to the family of the shooter? Or let's just use this as a chance to bad mouth the police department.

"Sybil"- That was called sarcasm. You may what to look it up. I am pointing out that people should be expressing their concern and sympathy not taking shots at the PD as they are. And you obviously did not read through. Plenty of people have "bad mouthed" the police department in these threads. I'll pull some direct quotes for you if you'd like.

As the wife of a retired police officer my prayers go out to these officers and hope a full a speedy recovery to each one. My only question when I first heard of the incident was, why did the police officer have a weapon still on her when the suspect was taken out of the handcuffs? Aren't police weapons removed BEFORE freeing a suspects hands? This seems to have been a breach of police safety protocol, or is that not the case in Gloucester Township?

The township needs more experienced officers and not just young kids that think they are invincible because of the arrogant Mayor and Chief of Police who hire them. They think they are above the law and above a bullet. It's sad what happened, but hopefully their arrogance and ignorance will be a lesson.

Ruth must think she's superwoman and the other two are superman. We look like jokes to the media. We were made fun of last night on a late night talk show. Gloucester Township Police Department.

I saw something on tv about it. I caught the tail end and it referred to Gloucester Township in a joking way. I think it was Jon Steward or Bill Maher. It was quick. Not sure exactly who it was, it could have been Maddow, who knows.

big deal that's the job

Sean. I saw a report on FOX' s National News Station. Just the facts there, no joking...

D.H.: I have no doubt the incident was discussed on Fox News and probably CNN and MSNBC. Two different commenters have suggested late night talk show hosts joked about the incident. I find that hard to believe. One suggested it was Leno, but his show hasn't been new since Dec. 21 so we can rule him out. Someone suggests above it may have been Jon Stewart or Bill Maher (I think his HBO show is in the offseason) or Rachel Maddow. Anyone else see someone on TV joking about this incident?

It's in all the National newspapers and all over the news. People feel the township is living up to what New Jersey is all about Corrupt and Small Minded. Most people think it will get covered up and swept under the rug because this police force does as it pleases and there is no accountability for their wrongdoing. Maybe with all the national attention, something will get done. Next thing you know the Mayor will honor those dimwitted officers. Welcome to South Jersey

Hey Jake, two of those "dimwitted officers" are nothing short of heroes. Went into battle with an armed assailant, took multiple hits, never quit, and stopped the threat. Honoring those men is the least that could be done!

The shooter injured three officers before he was taken down.
It seems to me that there is a lot of violence relating to firearms lately. I wonder if this is just a coincidence. Strange to say the least. Whether or not you are against firearms, it seems that they are getting a lot of negative publicity these days.

He was brought back to police headquarters and when his handcuffs were removed for a brief period during processing. She has a gun and she gets honored for the mess. This is how dimwitted our leaders are. How about getting her trained first so we don't have another repeat.

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First and foremost, my prayers go out to the injured officers and their families, however the scenerio went down! Two of them followed protocol and, as police do, put their lives on the line to protect the innocent, thank you and get well!!!
There should be height requirement, a weight requirement, and a mandatory work out regimen weekly that must be followed in order to maintain their badge. It is just a no brainer that a 6'+ man weighing over 200lbs., will be able to subdue a small framed woman, with very little upper body strength coming in at 5' 100lbs. Same would be true if it were a small man, but he still would be built differently. I am very for women's rights, I am very FOR carrying a weapon, but, obviously a mistake was malde there, that a weapon was in an area it should not have been. I also believe in giving everyone the freedom to make mistakes. In the world of police work, there is an almost "zero tolerance" for mistakes, as a man's life was lost and three police officer's injured.
This is just my opinion. I will let this site know if I am being pulled over by every female police officer, lol. Please, do not turn this into part of the 2nd Amendment conversations, as it has NOTHING to do with that AT ALL!
G-D BLESS ALL of our uniformed people and protect them!!! Thank you for your service and choice to keep my family and I safe!!!