Transportation
In the month of September, the 78th Precinct issued no speeding tickets to drivers, according to the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/speed-demons-running-wild-brooklyn-article-1.1501982] , which adds that the neighboring 77th Precinct, which covers Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, handed out 77 tickets for speeding. They note that
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD says a 3-year-old boy was shot in the head early this morning in an apartment at 520 E 21st St. They say they responded to a call at about 3:30am and found the boy in the second floor apartment, struck in the left side of the head.
Police & Fire
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
2703 west 33rd st
Joseph Brown Source: NYPD via nytimes.comYesterday, we reported [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/family-coney-island-murder-suspect-playing-video-game-time-shooting-article-1.1298566] on the deadly shootings that took place at the Gravesend Houses (2703 West 33rd Street) in Coney Island that killed one and left three others injured this past Friday. Joseph Brown, the alleged shooter,
Police & Fire
After a major December drop in crime last week [/blog/crime/crime-has-dropped-39-for-december-reports-70th-precinct], 22 incidents of grand larceny contributed to a significant rise this week. That is nearly a threefold increase from last week’s 8 grand larcenies. Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez has been warning residents all year [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez]
61st Precinct
Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
News
Deputy Inspector Georgios Mastrokostas of the 61st Precinct came before Community Board 15 last week [/bullet-points-community-board-15-june-26-2012/] to account for the nearly 50 percent jump in major crime in the community. This year has so far seen a 47.7 uptick in the seven major CompStat crime categories. Leading the way
Police & Fire
Authorities have charged three men for raping a 60-year-old woman during a heist of a Marine Park storefront business earlier this week [/wanted-two-men-sexually-assault-60-year-old-woman/]. Carlington Haye, 30, Etienne Georges, 20, and Jonathan Nelson, 21, all of Brooklyn, were charged with rape, robbery, sexual abuse and burglary, according to the New York
Events
Got a crime problem on your block? Had a particularly good experience with an officer and you want to commend them? Had a bad one and want to complain? Want to hear about the biggest crime issues in the neighborhood? Come to this month’s 61st Precinct Community Council meeting,
CompStat
Looks like it was a big week for auto theft (G.L.A.) with a jump to seven. Still, we’ve seen a 24+ percent reduction in crime year-to-date, but that divide appears to be narrowing. It was 36 percent nearly a month ago [/61st-precinct-crime-statistics-28-2142010/]. CompStat reports are produced by