- Four speed cameras were installed by Fort Hamilton Parkway and E. 5th Street.
- Patrols in the southwestern portion of Windsor Terrace were increased. That is the part that is closer to Kensington and is west of the Prospect Expressway.
- Safety checks were conducted at the Fort Hamilton Parkway F/G subway station.
The 72nd Precinct's commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Emmanuel Gonzalez, provided that update at the specially-called meeting of the 72nd Precinct Community Council on November 26th.
Those actions and the specially-called meeting were in response to complaints that residents made at the regular-scheduled monthly meeting of the Community Council on November 12th.
Inspector Gonzalez also reported the following:
- Calls made to the precinct about a caped man proselytizing loudly on the steps of the P.S. 130 Lower School were not assigned a high enough priority. He is working with his communications officers to investigate the slow response time.
The School Safety Officer had called the precinct to report a disorderly person at 12:30 p.m., but the police who cover the sector of the precinct that the school is located in were on a scheduled mealtime. That meant that officers in Sunset Park had to respond to the call. Because of traffic conditions, their trip to the school took thirty minutes. The man left the school's premises after the officers spoke to him.
- Two students were fighting on Fort Hamilton Parkway by E. 3rd Street. One of them threw a garbage can, and one of them pushed the other one into the street. In the presence of the students, a teacher from Brooklyn Prospect Charter School made a racist comment to the police and told them not to interfere.
- Two girls were fighting about a boy. A third girl smashed someone's cell phone. The two girls went to the police station with their parents for mediation. They will pay for the phone.
- Pop-up crews are on the precinct's radar. Crews are not gangs. But they are affiliated with gangs. Crews are comprised of people who live on the same block as each other.
- Complaints have been called in about scooters being operated carelessly.
- CompStat reports are misleading. Statistics for theft from mailboxes are combined with statistics for robberies of individuals.
At the meeting, a resident reported a response time of one hour and five minutes for a call she made when she witnessed graffiti being written on P.S. 130. She called the precinct at 4:15 p.m. and again at 4:45 p.m. The police arrived at 5:20 p.m. She also saw similar graffiti on the school building the past weekend. She is concerned about these incidents because the perpetrator might be a parent with a restraining order in place who is not permitted on school grounds.
"Report everything," an officer from the precinct said. If something is not reported, for all intents and purposes, it is as if it did not happen.
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72nd Precinct contact information
Phone number: (718) 965-6311
web page: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/72nd-precinct.page
CompStat report (crime statistics): http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-072pct.pdf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYPD72Pct
Facebook page for 72nd Precinct: https://www.facebook.com/NYPD72pct
Facebook page for 72nd Precinct Community Council: https://www.facebook.com/72nd-Precinct-Community-Council-1611883092371304
