Officers in a video viewed more than 230,000 times as of Tuesday afternoon are being defended by Point Pleasant's police chief for their "constant professionalism."
Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian pleaded with residents and visitors to wear masks during the long holiday, including on the boardwalk, noting, “Ocean City is already very crowded.”
Mayor Paul Kanitra said he received complaints about people urinating in bushes, smoking marijuana, and drinking alcohol in public, leaving trash behind and changing in public.
Several Jersey Shore residents and businesses have been charged for holding large gatherings or violating other executive orders aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
More than a dozen local governments in New Jersey have already made the move to turn the common items into contraband. Many of the rules will take effect January or later in the year.