Safety

Crime has skyrocketed in Edison under Sam Joshi. The increase in crime makes our neighborhoods less safe. It also impacts the value of our homes.

That is why a core principle of my campaign is to make Edison safe.

As Mayor, I will take measurable steps to make our neighborhoods safe. This includes:

• Replacing inflatable officers with real, active-duty police presence
• Directing more police officers to the streets and not sitting in desk jobs
• Increasing traffic enforcement
• Providing an actual police substation in North Edison that is staffed  
• Holding police leadership accountable by hiring an independent police  director

According to data from the New Jersey State Police Uniform Crime Reporting Unit, under Sam Joshi, Edison experienced an 82.76% surge in robberies, a 56.25% increase in assaults, a 52.72% rise in burglaries, and a 70.52% jump in total offenses between 2021 and 2023.