July 12, 2008
Who Do You Call to Clean Up the Shooting Down the Street?
A reader sent us this email about a shooting that occurred around midnight in Brooklyn:
Just wanted to point out that there was a shooting last night at the bus depot at Broadway and Havemeyer in Williamsburg, -and that the investigation seems to be over, but the guy's hat, a big puddle of blood and teeth, many rubber gloves, gauze, a sterile water container, et cetera are still down there, for people to step in. I called the 90th Precinct but they said "maybe it's sanitation's job". Aren't these things usually cleaned up?"Well, yes, usually they are: Two years ago, the NY Times profiled a NYC company that cleans up crime scenes. The company, Bio-Recovery, does list the NYPD as a client.
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Hope for rain :-)
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You are charmed.
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Holy hell, are you kidding me?!!! Every person who lives in that area or walks down that block should call 311. Aren't there any checks and balances in place to look out for these types of poor performance?
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NYPD "New York's Finest" who ever came up with that slogan should be shot.
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I live across the street. I've called 311 four times. It is the owner of the property's responsibility and the owner of the property is the MTA. I have contacted the MTA and the health department. Yet the crime scene has still NOT been cleaned up as of 6:15 tonight. The rain this morning helped a little bit. But it's not to hard to find bloody gauze, misc. paramedic debris and yes a big blood stain and teeth. Someone stole the victims hat and bloody gloves on Saturday evening. Gross. The MTA is a disgrace.