State Police have stepped up patrols in the impacted areas, and said that anyone caught tampering with the buoys will be criminally charged to the fullest extent of the law.
State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan told New Jersey 101.5 in 2020 that ticket quotas such as to satisfy increased enforcement of speed limits are illegal in New Jersey.
Besides Dulce Maria Alavez, two other individuals on the New Jersey State Police's Missing Persons List would still be juveniles today, but another 13 have never been known to their families as adults.