God bless the officers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmDHHtv7kz8&feature=youtube_gdata

Who knows what's a lie and what's true with this police department. She shouldn't be serving as an officer. Who the hell is she anyway.

Weapons are 'required' to be secure and locked up in the station. NICE GOING RUTH!! Good training....

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For the cops safety, let's ban firearms.

NO WEAPONS ARE TO EVER BE IN THE PROCESSING ROOM. THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT FOLLOWING PROTOCAL. FEDERAL INVESTIGATION NOW ON GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP. MAYOR IRRESPONSIBLE HIRING HIS BUDDIES AND IRRESPONSIBLE FRIENDS

I can't believe the vitriol being spewed here. How about a little concern for the safety and recovery of three Gloucester Township police officers who were shot in the line of duty. Disgusting. I am so sick of hearing everyone using every thing that happens here to constantly complain about how awful life is here. Why don't you just move if you hate it so much!? This is not the time to talk about police department politics.
My prayers are with the officers as they recover from their injuries.

The lady cop is pretty hot I have to say. Thank God all the officers are OK and the perp is dead. No trial & no jailtime = saving taxpayers money.

there is no question rookie burns got officers shot and jones killed. and the chief gave the rookie the DV assignment. The fact is DVs are the most deadly assignment there is. she will take a PTSD permanent SSD at $792/m + medicaid + food stamps.

What are some of YOU rambling about? The woman is a cop in a police station processing a peeping tom who was stalking a former girlfriend possibly with the intentions of killing the former girlfriend if the neighbour had NOT caught HIM sneaking through the bushes of the former girlfriends home and called the police on HIM. This should tell you the man was a predator and had no problems killing. If Officer Burns did not have a gun, Eddie Jones III could have easily killed Officer Burns with HIS own hands and then YOU all would be complaining about "why was SHE NOT armed?!?!" I honestly do believe that NO matter what happens, some of YOU commenters are NEVER happy unless YOU can complain!!!!!

Thank goodness the police officers although wounded all survived. Prayers that Sgt. Garber makes a full recovery.

Well !!!!!!!! Well !!!!!!!! I just love all the wack-A-no-names that have so much BS to spill. SMH ......Listen up to ALL of GT today we should and I hope to God have learn a Lesson this is just the Begining things will get worst if things don't start changing for the Better SOON ........ Now to the three cops and to all the other cops that had to go thru this Trama event my heart goes out to you and I hope you heal and I hope this one bad event makes you a better person ......... Now what is going on in this country is a MAJOR Mental Health Issues and Leadership problem on BOTHS sides Dems and GOpers . Just look at Mayor Mayer boucing around the PRESS ......Come on Dave go to Hollywood with that ACT or "SIT your rear end in your office and DO something " AND LET THE Chief handle things stop jumping in front of the MIC unless you want to ANSWER some true QUESTIONS "SIR" ........LIKE why "SIR" are you and your Puppet Friends running this Township into the Ground .....SMH ......Wake up people don't we want a BETTER world and GT for all our KIDS and Grand kids ......Let's stop with all the Greed and understand we Need Real Leaders in Office who like to see things get better
http://youtu.be/WRmBChQjZPs Keep it Real People , I do

Its about making the police buy insurance too for the guns they carry. Like did police train in martial arts, karate or any type of self- Defense? A really embarrassing situation and everyone lived, but it shows the officers are sleeping on their job and have become too comfortable because I'm gonna say what everyone else s thinking, which is : "If suspects can get to your gun faster than you can maybe you don't need to be carrying that gun" and Lets add this situation into the National discussion. Its easy for people to buy guns but you can't teach common sense. If it can happen to a police officer what makes gun totting vigilantes any different. No time to even taser him right, just kill ...Sadly the incident has happened but it will definitely be a part of the discussion. Require all gun carriers and police to buy gun insurance. His killing happened at a police station so obviously some procedure went wrong, even if he was carrying a gun and stalking he didn't deserve to die for that. Obviously he dont have a criminal record so police can't sully him. Alot of people fake police or Corrections Officer affiliation, whats new? But he shouldn't have died and her gun shouldnt have been taken that easily

Angelo Jefferson, did you really just write the absurd crap I just read above my post? That man stole a gun from a beaten police officer and attempted to kill all three only to be stopped by two wounded police officers. If you think that man should still be alive you may be just as crazy as he was.

I think we should arm teachers to protect kids. This would never happen there.

who is Ruth "friends" with in town ????

She never should have been wearing her weapon while processing, Keystone Cops.

Did Ruth Finish High School. It's pretty pathetic. Makes you wonder what really happened. Department of Corrections and a rookie cop. Hmmmmmm

angelo jefferson, you might very well be one of the ignorant posters on here. Are you kidding me? I'll tell you what, I'll start shooting a gun at you and you stop the bullets with some of your martial arts skills or that special taser gun that stops BULLETS flying at your head and chest. What a self righteous tool you are. This man had no regard for those 3 officers lives let alone who else he might have come across and YOU say his rights are more significant, you're a fool. sean, I'm sorry if this is against the forum rules but I can't take keyboard warriors who have NO CLUE what happens in the face of adversity with a person FIRING BULLETS at them.

A female should never be the one processing a male in the first place, especially one arrested for DV. Female cops should deal with women and kids not men. Let the male officers deal with the men. Political Correctness strikes again.

Im not trying to be sexist but a small petite female like this NEVER should have been hired as a police officer. Unfortunately, this idea of "diversity" takes something as serious as police work and makes it into a "social experiment". Most of them end up getting put at desks, injured on duty any time they have to restrain a male, placed in in schools, or given created positions like a Dare Officer.

All of the rederick and bantering isn't getting Mr. Jones any closer to being with his family who is grieving. All of these slanderous comments aren't helping make these officers healing any easier. All of the name calling and finger pointing leads no where. Heros were faced with danger. A man was faced with a decision. We have all learned of cause and affect. No matter what the protocol, policies or procedures are Mr. Jones, not Officer Burns nor Sgt Garber nor Sgt Thyne made the decision to disarm an officer and use the weapon against officers. This was Mr. Jones decision alone and he will need to face his maker. So I beg all please pray for each other, pray for the officers and their families. And pray for Mr. Jones and his family. There is a healing process for everyone, let them heal!

However, if the policy was adhered to, this would not have happened. Bottom line is, someone screwed up. And now everyone pays the price.

Gender should not matter in this case. The Officer could have been 6.2 and 185 pounds male and the suspect could have still unarmed the person and fired the gun. Officers doing the booking should have been more alert. Better training could be needed by the local police.

Lets not speculate we only got the officers version??? You have got to be kidding me!!! What version do we need from the dead POS. Three cops got shot. Did they each shot each other in effort to have a reason to kill him. You r a idiot Angelo and so is everyone else who thinks this statement is not true. How bout support ur PD for once u may need them one day.

My very strong educated guess here is that after the gunsmoke has cleared somewhat we're going to find out that the three cops probably shot each other, and that poor idiot went down in a hail of gunfire in another suicide by cop scenario, just like the one in N.Y., where the poor schmuck never even got off a shot, and was probably reaching for a pack of cigarettes. And looking at "officer" Burns it's pretty easy to see why she got hired. Can't we just station all these local so-called police in schools and in movie theaters with walkie-talkies and leave the real police work to professionals?

Lucky Jack, there is nothing educated about your guess or your comment. Grow up!

I don't feel safe in Gloucester Township anymore. Sexual predators and corrupt administrators in our schools, criminals shooting cops in the police station, houses getting blown up in our developments. It's not a nice place to live.

I'm sure when the perp saw the petite female officer he knew he had a chance. He was probably thrilled at that moment. He obviously had no problem disarming her and this could have ended much much worse than it did. Can we please stop the political correctness in hiring???!!!!

This is why citizens need firearms! If a bad guy wants a gun, he will get one, even if the bad guy needs to kill a police officer to obtain a firearm.

Wow, a shooting happened at a police station, where there are guns and armed officers. The arrestee was surrounded by police with weapons but didn't care and grabbed for an officer's gun in spite of the fact that he would be shot and killed. The gun lovers say that the criminals never ever would attack where there are guns except in the cases when it does happen by someone with rage problems or mental problems or by someone who wants to commit suicide by cop. There was an armed guard at Columbine who actually shot at one of the teens, there were armed citizens right in the area where Gerald Loughner committed his crime. One of the people with a concealed gun nearly shot the wrong person. Fort Hood was not a gun free zone, Virginia Tech had its own police force and was not that far from the regular police force. Many are bashing the petite police officer and yet the gun nutters want teachers, some of whom are petite, to carry guns in schools. I'm no more off topic than the ranters who have spewed out their bilge so spare me your phoney outrage. I just wish the officers a speedy and complete recovery. Good union people who risk their lives and limbs every day.

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