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  • ASBURY PARK PRESS :: MONMOUTH EDITION APP.COM $1.00

    WEDNESDAY 06.24.15

    VOLUME 136

    NUMBER 150

    SINCE 1879

    ADVICE 7DCLASSIFIED 1ECOMICS 6DLOCAL 3AOBITUARIES 11A

    OPINION 14ASPORTS 1CTABLE 1DWEATHER 8CYOUR MONEY 10A

    The conduct of Asbury Park police at the shootingdeath of Tamara Wilson-Seidle on a city street will like-ly be reviewed by a government panel that includes atleast two former Asbury police officers.

    Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J.Gramiccioni said last week that the lack of force by po-lice to stop Neptune police Sgt. Philip Seidle who ischarged with firing on his ex-wife with two volleys ofmultiple shots while she sat in her car will be part ofthe death investigation.

    Policing experts have told the Asbury Park Pressthat local law enforcement could have used deadlyforce at several instances to stop the suspect once herefused to drop his .40-caliber Glock service weaponand allow emergency response workers to remove thewounded Wilson-Seidle from her car.

    The county Prosecutors Office Professional Re-sponsibility and Bias Crime Bureau is generally re-sponsible for conducting investigation concerning po-lice conduct. The team includes former Asbury Park

    Ex-Asburyofficers willinvestigateshooting KALA KACHMAR @NEWSQUIP

    Is it an ideal situation? Not always. Is

    it something thats automatically

    negative? Not necessarily.

    ROBERT LOUDEN, CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSOR

    See SHOOTING, Page 8A

    We havethe scoopon where to get the best ice creamat the Shore. In Table

    Thieves ready to pounce during vacations. YOUR MONEY, 10A

    It was a conversation no mother wants to have; awish Kate Duerr never wanted to fulfill.

    Her daughter Caroline, a violinist at Neptune HighSchool, had just played at a ceremony honoring organdonors at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.The experience and the message of organ donation so deeply moved Caroline that she made a decision,one she soon shared with her mother.

    She said, Mom, if anything ever happens to me, Iwant to do that, I want to be an organ donor, KateDuerr recalled. I said, Its nice to know you want todo that, but dont talk like that.

    Two years later, in the worst moments of her life,Kate Duerr remembered that conversation. It wasMarch, and her beloved Caroline had just died in a ter-rible car crash. Yet even as she struggled with hergrief, Kate Duerr knew what she had to do.

    She donated her 17-year-old daughters organs.There wasnt a question for me, Kate Duerr said.

    I knew it was the right thing to do. I knew it was whatshe would have wanted.

    Those organs saved the lives of four people.Carolines pancreas went to a 35-year-old woman.

    One lung went to a 50-year-old man. Her left kidneywent to a 41-year-old woman. Her right kidney was

    Donation of Neptuneteenagers organsafter car accidentsaved four others lives

    A legacy of

    LIFE

    PETER ACKERMAN/

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

    Kate Duerr and daughter Erinn.

    We didnt get the

    miracle we were

    praying for, but we

    know she is going to

    continue living on in

    somebody.

    KATE DUERR, ON THE DONATIONOF HER DAUGHTER CAROLINES ORGANS

    See LIFE, Page 4A

    JERRY CARINO @NJHOOPSHAVEN

    PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

    Caroline Duerr, seen in a family photo at age 15, was killed in a car accident at 17 but saved four other livesthrough the donation of her organs.

    Scouts take onKarl-Anthony Towns.SPORTS, 1C

    TRENTON New records show taxpayers shelled out$184,659 on travel costs for Gov. Chris Christies securi-ty detail over the first three months of the year, withChristie regularly making trips outside New Jersey tomeet potential donors and supporters of his expectedpresidential candidacy.

    The total doesnt include overtime for state troopersor the price of using the State Police vehicle and heli-copter fleets to transport the governor.

    The Asbury Park Press obtained the new expendi-ture information for January, February and Marchthrough a public records request.

    Christie has defended his frequent travels by sayingpolitical organizations or other groups often pay hisway, but its up to taxpayers to foot the bill for security.

    The Christie security bill for 2014 was $492,420, afigure that will be easily exceeded at this years spend-ing pace.

    Christie has been outside the state for more than 200days since the beginning of 2014. This month hes been

    See COSTS, Page 5A

    Christie road tripshitting taxpayerswallets back homeBOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

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