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To maintain law and order in Roosevelt Park, summer midnight curfew proposed at Chinatown’s 5th Precinct police-citizen meeting

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To maintain law and order in Roosevelt Park, summer midnight curfew proposed at Chinatown’s 5th Precinct police-citizen meeting

The Fifth Division of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan Chinatown, held a police-citizen meeting at the New York China Office on the 27th to report the current security situation to nearby residents. The Security Situation Park (SDR Park) at Roosevelt became the focal point of discussion. Will likely be set in the summer, a representative of the bureau said.curfew,

Since the meeting was held after the shooting of Queens police officer Jonathan Diller, Chief Chen Tao, who chaired the meeting, led the audience for a moment of silence and expressed gratitude for this colleague’s heroic contributions. Did. , Subsequently, he reported, based on police statistics, that the total number of crimes in the area was gradually increasing, with the main increases being burglaries and grand larcenies.

According to statistics, as of the 24th of this month last month, the Fifth Bureau recorded 99 cases of seven major crimes, an increase of 6.5% over the same period last year. Among them, theft cases increased by 90% to 19 cases, and grand theft cases increased by almost 9% to 52 cases. Chen Tao said that theft cases have become the current focus of law enforcement, and theft from merchants is particularly common, accounting for more than 80%.

Records from the Fifth Bureau show that suspects have been arrested in more than a dozen burglaries, and some are repeat offenders. Chen Tao said he would issue prohibition notices to habitual offenders and work with the district attorney to advance the prosecution process. He believes that the black market in luxury goods has contributed to the increase in theft crimes, and that the number of pickpockets involved in major thefts has doubled to eight.

During the meeting, several residents and organization representatives reported that crime has increased significantly around Roosevelt Park. Chen Tao agreed and said that most of these crimes were “concerning”poison“Contextual Violent Incidents”. Since there are currently only three police officers in the branch who are primarily responsible for park security, “lack of resources” has led to security black spots.

Chen Tao said that the poor public security in the park is mainly caused by drugs and loitering people. These medicines are mostly related to similar medicines.marijuanaIt is related to active substances (K2), and traders often carry weapons. According to the Fifth Bureau, there are currently two teams responsible for park security in the morning and evening, but the district attorney does not often prosecute K2 cases alone because marijuana material is difficult to define.

The Fifth Bureau said it would consider imposing a curfew for parks starting in the summer and closing parks after midnight, and called on the city government to request additional lighting to enhance residents’ sense of safety. Coordinating with.

The meeting also recognized “Police Officer of the Month”, which was awarded to Inspector Daniel McKeefre. When presenting the award, Chen Tao said that as the leader of the special operations team, Mai Qifei actively responded to the increase in the number of pickpockets in February and made arrests, which successfully led to a “dramatic reduction” in pickpocketing crimes. .

The Chinatown Fifth Precinct police and citizen meeting focused on discussing public safety in parks. (Reporter Liu Ziqi/Photography)

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