Central Brooklyn
Assembly Members Felix Ortiz and Dov Hikind, Boro Park Shomrim Liaison Jacob Daskal, City Council Member David Greenfield, Captain Wall, and CB 12 DM Barry Spitzer. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Brooklyn officials held a pro-cop rally outside Brooklyn’s 66th Precinct [/?s=66th+precinct] station this morning in Boro
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Central Brooklyn
Photo via Facebook/You’re Probably From Marine Park,… [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154040581420888&set=p.10154040581420888&type=3&theater] The suspect in a string of robberies that have plagued the Flatbush area was apprehended by police in Queens last Friday, October 7, said
Central Brooklyn
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A recent bribery scandal involving the NYPD and members of the Shomrim, an all-volunteer Jewish security patrol, has drawn a glaring media spotlight on how the two organizations function together—and occasionally clash—while enforcing neighborhood justice. Today’s New York Times article [http:
News
Volunteers prepare the food packages at City Councilman Chaim Deutsch’s office. (Photo: Councilman Chaim Deutsch [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=555197667982398&set=pcb.555197977982367&type=3&theater] / Facebook)More than 100 volunteers, including members of Flatbush Shomrim [https://twitter.com/flatbushshomrim], fanned out around
Central Brooklyn
CO Deputy Inspector di Blasio at the 70th Precinct Community Council meeting and Holiday Party. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)The 70th Precinct Community Council [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml]meeting was a lively event Wednesday evening. Elected officials from both city
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The Coney Island Cycle Club. (Photo: Philip Clifford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unwisechoice/5390836058/] / Flickr)Looking to fill your schedule? There’s plenty to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Catch a Wes Anderson flick on the beach, get your bike engraved to help the police recover it from
Police & Fire
A shoplifter got more than he bargained for when he tried to jack several containers of instant coffee from the shelf of an Avenue J Supermarket. Samir Samedon’s crime, which took place at an Associated Supermarket (1413 Avenue J), prompted a wild chase involving three sanitation workers, a member
community safety and security
From the office of City Councilman Chaim Deutsch: Click to enlarge
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Source: FSSP via TwitterA new group has launched with the goal of expanding the services of shomrim, or Jewish civilian patrol, into a broad swath of Gravesend. Community Safety & Security (CSS) is an affiliate of the Sephardic Community Federation, and is working on a recruitment drive to bring volunteers
budgets
The leading candidates in the 48th District City Council race to replace term-limited Michael Nelson battled it out at the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center during a candidate’s forum held by the Jewish Press last week, expounding on their qualifications for the job and their proposals for improving the district.
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We received the following press release from the Flatbush Shomrim: In response to recent reports from local and federal law enforcement agencies that Identity Theft is at all time high in our community, Flatbush Shomrim has arranged a FREE on-site shredding event before Pesach. The FREE shredding event is scheduled
Fallen Trees
Photo by Bobby FernandezEmergency responders grappled to navigate Southern Brooklyn’s streets in the immediate wake of Superstorm Sandy, as scores of fallen trees blocked major roadways and residential streets alike. But rather than let a group of do-gooders clear the way for fire trucks, ambulances and police cars, the