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Central Brooklyn

Additional Footage of Suspect Released in Prospect Park Rape Case

PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – Police have released new video of the suspect wanted in connection with a rape that occurred in Prospect Park earlier this month. [/police-searching-for-man-who-raped-and-robbed-woman-in-prospect-park/] In addition, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has added $1,000 [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams/status/1067784573935919110] to the $2,500 reward being offered

Counterterrorism

NYPD Admits To Spying On Muslim Brooklyn College Students

Photo via Edward BlakeRecently, Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2015/10/29/nypd_undercover_brooklyn.php] reported that the NYPD had an undercover officer pose as a student at Brooklyn College who had recently converted to Islam in order to infiltrate Muslim groups on campus. The officer, known undercover as “Mel,

Borough President Eric Adams

Poll: What Would You Support In Our Neighborhood To Deter Crime?

Borough President Eric Adams sponsored a town hall meeting at PS 139 last fall about safety in our neighborhood following a series of armed robberies.A series of armed robberies last fall at Ox Cart Tavern [/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night], Mimi’s Hummus [/blog/crime/armed-robbery-mimis-hummus-gunman-flees-foot], Lark Café [/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night]

East 13th Street

Man Who Assaulted And Robbed Elderly Victim In Midwood Stared Right Into A Surveillance Camera

At least this low-life is making it easy for the cops. Moments before slugging a 73-year-old man in the face and robbing him of his wallet, a perp gave authorities a clear view of his face when he stared into a surveillance camera that captured both suspect and victim. The

surveillance

NYPD Watchtower Goes Up On Church Avenue & E 18th Street

Have you noticed the police tower now sitting on Church Avenue and E 18th Street? The new addition to the avenue, snapped by Avi Glickstein, is set up in an existing Impact Zone, and an officer we spoke to at the 70th today said it’s simply common practice to

cameras

Hundreds Of Security Cameras Coming To A Corner Near You

Source: CeCILL via Wikimedia CommonsIn aftermath of the tragic death of young Leiby Kletzky [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/nyregion/arrest-made-in-brooklyn-killing-of-leiby-kletzky.html?pagewanted=all] in 2011, who was abducted and brutally murdered on his way home from day camp in Boro Park, 150 security cams will be installed