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Avalon police once rounded up teens in a white bus. Wildwood police patrolled the beach with a breathalyzer. Why this summer is different.

As large groups of teenagers gather night after night on beaches and boardwalks in Ocean City and elsewhere at the Jersey Shore this summer, police are being ... chill. But they're not happy about it.

Police keep an eye on large groups of teens gathered on the beach near 11th Street in Ocean CIty, N.J. on July 27, 2021.
Police keep an eye on large groups of teens gathered on the beach near 11th Street in Ocean CIty, N.J. on July 27, 2021.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer