NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, TUESDAY AUGUST 3RD, 6-9pm BATTERY PARK CITY
Meet your local police officers including mounted and scooter divisions
CERT teams, Park Police, etc.
Rides, popcorn and cotton candy for the kids
Read more details online...
Captain Edward Winski, our new commanding officer
of the 1st Precinct
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Welcome from the President: Anthony Notaro
I want to welcome everyone who lives and works in the First Precinct. Our community is diverse and vibrant and experiencing tremendous growth. With that comes challenges as our neighborhoods become more residential and some become true 24/7. The First Precinct has addressed those challenges and worked hard to improve the quality of life and public safety.
The First Precinct Community Council is our vehicle for working directly with the men and women of our precinct and provides a monthly dialogue with our Commanding Officer and his Team. We can achieve real results for our whole community but it's up to you participate. Please join us at our monthly meetings. It's important to hear from everyone about what's working and what needs our attention. I look forward to seeing you.
1st Precinct Council News
Chief Purtell and Liz Berger, President of the Downtown Alliance, at the NYPD Downtown Center opening
The 1st Precinct Scooter Task Force and the Downtown Alliance Security Division moved to new offices at 65 Broadway this week. Patrol Boro Manhattan South Chief Thomas Purtell, 1st Precinct Commanding Officer Captain Edward Winski, Scooter Task Force Commanding Officer Lt. Rob Rudolph were on hand to open the new NYPD Downtown Center.
The new offices are centrally located to the Financial District, Battery Park City, Greenwich South.
We wish them well in their new space.
The new offices are centrally located to the Financial District, Battery Park City, Greenwich South.
We wish them well in their new space.
Commanding Officer Edward Winski with Lt Rob Rudolph, Liz Berger, President of the Downtown Alliance, and Sgt Harvin of the Scooter Task Force.
Captain Paul Rasa, new Commanding Officer of Transit District 2
Assigned to Transit District 2 on 1/3/10
Previous commands: 49 Pct, Bronx Narcotics, 43 Pct, 115 Pct and Transit Manhattan Task Force
Transit District 2 covers 6 precincts: 1,5,6,10,13 and MTS, 36 Stations, 21 Lines and 44 posts (or subway stations)
Other news:
Captain Vincent Costagliola new Executive Officer of Transit District 2
Assigned to Transit District 2 on 4/19/10 former ICO (Integrity Control Officer) at our 1st Precinct
We wish them all well!
Pictured L-R: Council Member Margaret Chin attends the 1st Precinct Council meeting as we honor our March Cop-of-the-Month Officer Gene Schatz ( story below), 1st Pct Council VP Marc Ameruso, Transit District 2 Community Affairs Officer James Rudolph, 1st Precinct Community Affairs Officer Steve Rose, Detective Rick Lee, 1st Precinct Council President Anthony Notaro, Council Member Margaret Chin, Officer of the Month Gene Schatz, Executive Officer Joseph Panarisse
Cop of the Month
Note to our members: We are going to now have our cops of the month (1st Pct and TD2) on our website each month. This info will give you a firsthand look at the reason why crime has dropped in the city. Our officers are on the job and working day and night to keep our city safe.
The First Precinct Cop of the Month 2010
March
ROBBERY
Police Officer Gene Schatz.
PO Schatz successfully apprehended a fleeing bank robbery suspect after commission of the crime.
On Friday March 26, 2010, at approximately 1209 PM, PO Schatz and his partner PO Desapio responded to a Bank Robbery at 277 Broadway. While responding to the location, the officers were flagged down by a bank employee who had followed the perpetrator from the bank. The employee pointed out the perpetrator and PO Schatz executed the quick apprehension of the criminal.
PO Schatz exercised sound tactics and keen observation while responding to a tense situation. His actions led to the quick apprehension of the perpetrator as well as the recovery of $2,000.
TD2 - Cop of the Month 2010
JanuaryGRAND LARCENY
Arrest made at 4am of a suspect who stole iPod from sleeping victim on the E train. Police found that suspect had criminal history.
FebruaryROBBERY
- Sgt.Joseph Sordi
- PO John Birong
- PO Darrell Alfonso
- PO Lener Morales
Arrest in robbery of a victim who was attacked and punched on staircase by 3 suspects who then went thru the victims pockets and fled. The officers canvassed the area and found the suspects and made the arrest.
MarchGRAND LARCENY
- Sgt Christopher Correa
- PO Cesar Gonzales
Suspect robbing victims on as they enter the subway at Broadway Nassau Street station on the J line. Grabbing ladies purses at they go through turnstiles Officers found suspect, had a positive line up id., made arrest.
May
GRAND LARCENY
- Sgt. John Nunziato
- PO. Alexander Bradshaw
- PO. Jim Bartley
- PO. Michael Thomas
Lush worker arrest for more on this story see Daily News article.
1st Precinct and Transit District 2 in the News
Cheers! NYPD transit cops bust three 'lush worker' pickpockets who targeted drunk subway riders
By Pete Donohue
NY Daily News Staff Writer
Saturday, June 5th 2010, 4:00 AM
Subway riders who imbibe too much can sleep easier on the trip home now that a team of "lush worker" pickpockets is locked up, authorities said Friday.
NYPD Transit Bureau police have busted a trio that preyed on intoxicated riders who doze off and are unlikely to notice being relieved of their property, police said. Read more...
The big cop-out: Organizers try to blame police after riot cancels their concert
Editorials, Thursday, June 17th 2010, 4:00 AM
Source: NY Daily News
To the annals of fatuousness is added the following Twitter update sent out Tuesday night by Paper magazine, sponsor of the free South Street Seaport concert that erupted into a miniriot:
"It's a total madhouse — in a good way!"
This is how you view thrown chairs and bottles and throngs of people perched dangerously on rooftops when you believe that you inhabit a space somewhere other than reality.
As one guiding spirit of Paper, Kim Hastreiter, once said of her kindred soul in command:
"My wonderful longtime partner David Hershkovits always says that we at Paper live in a parallel universe ... and so we create our own little utopian business where conforming to standard operating procedures is not required."
It was in this parallel universe that Paper staged a show whose leading acts were pop-rock group Hanson and hip-hop performer Aubrey Graham, aka Drake, projecting attendance at 8,000 but drawing 20,000 and having no clue as to crowd control.