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Who to believe? WCBS 2 reported last night that police are downplaying attacks in Prospect Park, after yesterday's Post story that "wolf packs" of teenagers were responsible for muggings in recent weeks. WCBS 2 did mention that parkgoers are aware of the attacks, but gets a statement from Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne: “Robberies in Prospect Park year to date remain flat,. Eight this year compared to eight in the same period last year." Hmm, weren't there nine robberies listed?
Today, the Post notes "30 cops from the 78th Precinct have been assigned to patrol the park." And Prospect Park Alliance President Tupper Thomas, issued this statement yesterday:
As President of the Prospect Park Alliance I have always worked very closely with the police and continue to do so. This Memorial Day weekend the Police had a very visible presence in the Park when more than 400,000 people were here enjoying the holiday. The Police are enormously supportive of the community’s desire to use Prospect Park without worry, whether for jogging, marveling at the scenery or relaxing on the lawns. I continue to feel safe to bike and walk through Prospect Park every day. To alleviate any concerns there are about safety in Prospect Park, I continue to work closely with the Police and the community. This is an amazing Park and people have no reason not to come out and celebrate all it has to offer.Here are tips on park safety from the NYPD; they include "Do not take shortcuts or dirt paths through wooded areas. Stay on well-lighted, populated pathways." and "Remain alert and aware at all times. Don't wear headphones."
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Police patrolling the park? Nice, but wouldn't it be even more useful to patrol the public housing projects where the robbers live..
The problem is that police mostly patrol in cars on the main paths of the park where it is arguably safer to begin with. Only very occasionally do you see an officer on foot walking through the paths that cut through the woods where a lot of crime (robberies, drug use, public sex) takes place.
I was just in the park and saw a ton of cops--way more than two days ago--and a group was arresting two teenage boys. So they're responding to something, whether it's officially it's the Post article or not.
Is it weird that our government pays for housing for criminals in public housing? I mean we pay the taxes so we are vicariously paying for the roof over the criminals who rob us. Is that irony or what?
You could replace "housing for criminals" with "subsidies for major oil companies" and it would work just about the same.
p.s. Public sex is a crime on par with robbery?
dirt paths in wooded areas? isn't that what a park is all about? what is the purpose of the paths then? maybe we should just close the park altogether. 'throws up hands'
Um, when you are walking your children through the park in the morning and you see men in the woods and condoms littering the pathways, public sex is not the greatest thing in the world. Maybe not as bad as getting mugged or robbed, sure, but not something that should be going on in a public park.
When did Gothamist get all these trolls? I seem to remember an era when this was a nice, friendly blog, not a place to spit vitriol about public housing, of all fucking things, whenever anyone mentions crime or Brooklyn. Get a life!
"When did Gothamist get all these trolls? I seem to remember an era when this was a nice, friendly blog, not a place to spit vitriol about public housing, of all fucking things, whenever anyone mentions crime or Brooklyn. Get a life!"
I love the irony in that post.
lol.. yeah, no spitting vitriol there.