Disgraceful. I hate norristown. This plase sucks!!! And its ugly too!!!

Why is nothing being done about this nonsense? It needs to stop and stop now before an innocent person or child gets killed. I cannot understand the thug mentality. FU Jay-Z and all the other POS rappers who glamorize this type of behavior.

It honestly is to the point that you can not leave your home. I have never seen it this bad.....SMH

Gotta be kidding me!! I just walked to sisters market with my baby daughter an HR ago right by there. Me or my kid could have gotten hit by a stray bullet. NPD u bastards better do something. Like Mac said before a kid or innocent person gets killed!! Smh

Norristown needs to declare a state of emergency.

Its getting out of hand. I'm Praying for our town. Thanksful no one got hurt within these three shootings.

So lets all go occupy the streets there is more of us than them. Forget the daylight walks and begging for someone to take care of it. You care about your family's saftey you care about your town. Take it back!

This madness has to stop there needs to be something to bring this to an end complaining on patch can't get it done either, see here is where the borough needs a mayor, or someone other then council, we need the governors help to ring this to an end!

Exactly complaining here will do nothing.

Don't blame the Norristown Police Department. I don't see anyone else running into these situations to deal with them. Even the "victims" won't cooperate. No one will talk. If these people shooting up Norristown are so brave and cool..then before you fire that next shot..take a second..turn that gun and aim it at yourself and pull that trigger. Help us get rid of this mess and no innocents will get hurt.

God bless the norristown cops stay safe, its disgraceful what is happening ...

Call in the National Guard !

I agree we can't blame the police that are good! Most of them are! But there are jus some that will break the same laws they uphold! Civilians do that everyday! Needless to say...that town can only be what we allow it to be! I have moved on from there 7 yrs ago! But all I ever hear is sad songs! Wow! Ur rite take back ur streets!

Call in the national Guard !

National guard smashinal guard. Pssh. Walk out your door and do something about it. If we all do that instead of whining here or expecting someone else to handle it something WILL get done. But I suppose your all content to cry here and live in fear.

I don't live in Norristown. Don't contact me again you flake.

LOL complaining online & pointing fingers is doing what, NOTHING at all.

until people come forward with information there is not much the police can do. so this idiotic no snitching ghetto thing is adding up to 2 shooting a day. c'mon people you really can not be that stupid ! SPEAK UP

what do you mean,npd do something. why dont the people co-operate and tell what they saw. i know there are witnesses to some of these shootings. @DIGGITY if you saw something would you actually come forward??

Declare a state of emergency with a strict curfew! No one on street corners after 9pm or risk arrest. Perhaps start a division of the guardian Angels?

I don't think Philly has three shootings in one night within hours of each other. This has hit a new level of severity. We need all county resources to stop this BS. Our safety is in serious jeopardy. Stay safe my fellow Norristownians!

Kidzmom u dam right i would!!!! Would u? Do u??

An the thing is most people wont tell because they either doing there own dirt an don't wanna get caught or they no people who r an don't want to c there people get jammed up! Everyone in town no something but don't wanna say shit until its ur kid or brother or son family laying in the street!! Dudes r so tuff running with guns an wanna b gangster but can't fight a lick. B a man an handle ur biz with ur hands. Punk ass kids scared to get punched in the face so u got to run around like cowards shooting people in the dark. Y'all got real balls do something in the daylight to show how bad u bitches r!!

Best believe too when all these lil fags get caught watch how they start snitching on each other!! Ain't even loyal to each other. Cause the tuff Guy in the dark with the gun scared to do that bid that comes with having ur Lil gun! Ya young punk asses will b getting that tight lil ass workedbover when u get up state tuff Guy!! No guns in graterford!! Ull have to protect that ass some other way punk boy!!

Back to Philly I go f#$! Norristown I want to live

We can kiss goodbye any potential homeowners looking to move to Norristown. Our Property values are going to plunge!

There is a council meeting on Monday 7pm, urge folks to attend and speak up The police dept is doing what they can but its 2 things that are stopping them from doing there job people not speaking up and municipality not giving them the resources to do there job. There needs to be change of direction in the way the situation is being handled.

There needs to be a team effort between county and local as well state too.

The officers need to get out physical walking these streets, with K9 sniffing out drugs and guns as well looking for outstanding warrants as well start stopping people for petty things until the message gets across that we will find you who ever is doing this

Also council needs to ad-mend its policy on rental registrations any building owner that applies for a rental license is required to provide a list of names of tenants for criminal background checks state and federal.

Your not violating anyone's rights your just finding out who living there, if you don't criminal background nothing to worry,

Its done for Megans law and certain employment.

Food for thought if an officer was knocked out by a bullet the situation would be different all efforts would be used

As long council doesn't want to step up to the plate, and thinking the resolution is walking or having meetings where nothing is accomplished, as well using weed and seed money to bring in speakers that only blow off hot air but take our dollars, nothing will be resolved

Streetscape projects and microloans don't work either as well empty meter spots,

Crime needs to be gotten under control before town gets better, but the heads of state here can't see that for anything as the old saying goes the elevator doesn't go up all the way that's what there minds think

Might find start finding out some interesting information

Change starts with the people and as long as everyone sits back complaining and not actively searching for solutions this will continue. You know that saying "if you don't vote don't complain" well the same applies here. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem. Everyone needs to stop blaming each other and band together and take back your streets. The police officers can only do so much and I don't think walking the streets will help the situation, in fact I would think it would make them walking targets. What happened to the neighborhood block captains and town watches? Everyone needs to let these losers know this behaviour is not tolerated, join together people, go to the council meetings and demand your rights. These people were voted in by you, the population of Norristown and work for you! Make them do their jobs, make them accountable........

And Jeff harassing people over pettt shit is not the key ot walking around town with drug sniffing dogs the cops can't just bust in people door

Sorry, but there's no saving Norristown. The corruption of subsidized housing and government benefits has destroyed the moral fibre of the populace and there's no going back. The trick is to contain it, so property values outside town don't plummet. Low property values leads to low-rents, and low-rents will destroy any town.

The Norristown mantra: don't snitch, don't cooperate, blame the helpers like the cops and the victims (for being out late at night OR why were you in that neighborhood anyhow). Remind everyone that not getting a PlayStation at age 8, a Nintendo at age 9 and a pair of Jordan's at age 10 scarred the perp into doing these things. So we are to blame, it's our fault for having dysfunctional neighbors supported by a system that now apparently wants to reward the losers and steal from the winners.

Norristown is becoming a rental town and rents are going down attracting the worst of the worse. The landlords don't live here, the Police don't live here, Municipal workers don't live here, it's just us poor saps left holding the bag. My house has been on the market for almost two years and I can't get what I owe. We cant sleep at night because of car radios, people yelling, gun shots etc...The wife and I talking about walking in the loan and renting in king of Prussia.

While Rome burns (Norristown) Nero fiddles (Borough Government) see Wiki

Nero (Borough) focused much of his attention on diplomacy, trade, and enhancing the cultural life of the Empire. He ordered theaters built and promoted athletic games. He is infamously known as the Emperor (Council) who "fiddled while Rome burned"] and as an early persecutor of Christians (the residents).

fyi...look at #68
http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

Every neighborhood needs to be involved even if it's 'Good'. Crime doesn't stop, it just moves to a quieter, less conspicuous area bringing that area down while the other may rise. Because your neighborhood doesn't see this activity doesn't mean that it's invulnerable in time.
Many individuals that engage in crime stop this type of crime where they practice for a few reasons:
1. They are in prison.
2. They've died.
3. They've moved on to another area because it got too 'Hot' where they were wheeling & dealing previously.
Sadly not enough stop because they've realized the error of their ways & desire to become a giver to their community instead of a taker.
Crime is lower in my little slice of Norristown but I frequent those council meetings & police calls as soon as there seems to be an uptake in anything or I notice anything. It's easier for the police to take care situations before getting out of control.
Where there is poverty there is higher crime & we all know this, regardless of religion, income, education. When you have this 'wealth', shall we say, of Sec. 8 housing & welfare services we are going to have higher crime than our more monied towns beyond our borders.
Many a story has been told that Norristown was 'designed' to be this way by the powers that be who run our county 'Keep it all in one place!'. Is there truth in this? Seems plausible to a levelheaded business manager like me. Business is business as long as it's not in your backyard right?

please read this to Borough Council in between their bureaucratic BS tonight.

leadership,

1. The activity of leading a group of people or an organization or the ability to do this.

Leadership involves
(1) establishing a clear vision,
(2) sharing that vision with others so that they will follow willingly,
(3) providing the information, knowledge and methods to realize that vision, and
(4) coordinating and balancing the conflicting interests of all members and stakeholders.

A leader steps up in times of crisis, and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management, leadership cannot be taught, although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Someone with great leadership skills today is Bill Gates who, despite early failures, with continued passion and innovation has driven Microsoft and the software industry to success.

Up the curfew an get Moore police help in here lock this town down it is not safe for no one people need to talk to out police but they wont because it well get back out an now who well save them