19th Ward Public Safety Committee

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We meet every LAST Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM at The Rochester Presbyterian Home at 256 Thurston Road. The meeting is immediately followed by Councilman McFadden's Thurston Road Street Watch.

Location: 256 Thurston Road, Rochester, New York
Members: 23
Latest Activity: Mar 24

August 11, 2011 19the WCA Public Safety Minutes

August 31^st 2011 19thWCA Public Safety Meeting

In Beechwood the CPOs and community together have put the resources of probation and parole at burglary incidents. The RPD has partnered with specific neighborhoods. Flyering, \community involvement and working with neighbors is a multiplier when combating crime.

The Thurston and Roslyn corner store has been the scene of problems and drugs sales in the vicinity. A Blue Light camera has been installed. The question was asked if the camera Is being monitored and how does the monitoring work . A note was made to ask the NSC office about that store.

On Hawley Street at a drug housea portable camera was set-up.

There are unintended consequences to cameras because the drug traffic moves elsewhere out of the cameras range.

Gangs: (which are now apparently called “loosely associated youth groups”) Gang incidents can multiply because retaliations cause a cycle of problems and crimes. The RPD does intervention as best as it can.

If you look at the number of incidents involving gunshot victims, it is at or below a 10 year low almost every month since last September. 2011 is 38% below last year in reports of shooting victims.

There does not appear to be an increase in gang activity. There is an increase in intervention by the Rochester Youth Intervention Program working with Pathways to Peace, Parole, Probation, Camp Good Days, and Strong. These groups meet together once a month and try to go after people involved in acts of violence.

John Borek, Committee Chair

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19th Ward Public Safety Committee/McFadden Street Watch Minutes January 25th, 2012

Started by John Borek Feb 28. 0 Replies 1 Like

January 25, 2012 19thWCA Public Safety Meeting/Thurston Road Street WatchPresent: Marcy Klein, Richard Schaeffer, Marian Boutet, John Boutet, Tom Ellis, Bill Nichthauser, Laura Suda, Berta Goff, Joan Roby-Davison, Diane Watkins, Deborhal…Continue

In preparation for the February 29 Public Safety Meeting

Started by John Boutet Feb 28. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Hopefully we will see the Meeting minutes from the January 25th meeting posted before our February 29th meeting. For those of you who were not able to make it to that meeting, let me touch on the main focus of the meeting. After the usual RPD…Continue

McFadden’s Street Watch Meeting August 31st, 2011 7 PM

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McFadden’s Street Watch Meeting August 31st, 2011 7 PM The meeting was devoted to burglary prevention. A crime technician was invited to Councilman McFadden’s public safety forum to discuss what he would look for at the scene of a…Continue

June 29th, 2011 19th WCA Public Safety/Street Watch minutes

Started by John Boutet Aug 17, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

19th Ward Public Safety Meeting June 29th 6:30 PMRPD report: Lt. Dearcop, Officer DickersonOfficer Kris Runyon is recovering from surgery. She would appreciate hearing from all of us.A welcome to our newest Community Policing Officer,…Continue

19thWCA July 28, 2011 Public Safety Meeting Minutes/Thurston Road Street Watch Meeting Minutes

Started by John Borek. Last reply by Louise Wu Aug 14, 2011. 15 Replies 0 Likes

Public Safety Meeting Minutes July 28, 2011Police Chief Sheppard was in attendance.Crime Incident Report: Lt. DearcopBurglary on Penhurst in which a quantity of guns were stolen. Robbery arrest on Somerset July 17th. Gun pointed at…Continue

Guns from Penhurst

Started by Mark Sweetland. Last reply by Diane Watkins Aug 5, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

14 guns including short and long were stolen from Penhurst St. Reports were all over the news today. Most important is that they believe they will be sold locally. Interesting thing is that they were well-secured, so someone knew they were there. …Continue

RPD 6 Month Review - Crime is down

Started by John Boutet Jul 19, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Ijust received the RPD 6 month Crime review that Chief Sheppard discussed at a press conference today. Most crime is down. The last slide in particular contradicts most impressions that people have about the long term crime problems in the…Continue

October 27, 2010 - 19th Ward Public Safety/Thurston Road Street Watch Meeting (w/ the Judges) Minutes

Started by John Boutet Jul 17, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

As I find meeting minutes that had been posted elsewhere prior to this 19th Ward Public Safety Committee group being set up in January of 2011, I will put links to them in this group's Discussion Forum.…Continue

May 25, 2011 19WCA Public Safety Minutes

Started by John Boutet. Last reply by Laura Suda May 31, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

19th Ward Public Safety Committee, May 25, 2011Present: Landy Atkinson, John Boutet, Marian Boutet, Lt. Ray Dearcop, Ann Marie Dinino, Lisa Elim, Berda Goff, Frances N. Johnson, Marcy Klein, Margaret Austin-Lowry, Adam McFadden, Betsy Romson,…Continue

April 27 2011 19WCA Public Safety Minutes

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19th WCA Public Safety MeetingPresent: Ralph Slocum, Lisa Elim, Bill Nichtahuser, Laura Suda, John Boutet, Landy Atkinson, Frances Johnson, Adam McFadden, John Borek, Lt. Ray Dearcop, Officer Carl DickersonCrime report: 28 burglaries in the 19th…Continue

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Comment by John Boutet on September 21, 2011 at 11:54pm: Melody,

Have you joined the Barton Street Block Club and been in touch with Jesse Knoth? I would also suggest getting in touch with the Crime Prevention Officers in the NSC office. You can find all their contact info at this Public Safety sub-tab SW NSC/CPOs/PAC-TAC. You can also meet them at the PCIC meetings which are the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 7pm to 8:30pm at the Staybridge Suites, or at the 19th Ward Public Safety Committee meeting which is the last Wednesday of the month ad the Rochester Presbyterian Home at 6:30pm , The next Public Safety Meeting is September 28th and the next PCIC meeting is October 12th.

Comment by Dan DeMarle on September 21, 2011 at 7:13am: Hi Melody

First welcome to the neighborhood. Second sorry about your bike. Third thanks for posting. There is a lot going on in the neighborhood to address crime and other related issues. There are two facebook groups that you should consider joining, if your on facebook. The first is the 19th ward crime alert page. The second is the 19th ward and southwest rochester good things are happening here page. I will post a longer comment later today in response to your its so sad post.

Comment by Gone on September 20, 2011 at 3:13pm: Although I won't be able to attend the meeting this month, I'd like to share a few brief issues with the group. While living on Barton street for just the past three months, someone came and stole my bike off of our front porch. The bike was LOCKED to the porch so someone had to have had some bolt cutters. The day it was taken there was only a 20 minute timeframe in which someone wasn't home. It bothers me because SOMEONE in my neighborhood has to have seen something and yet no one reported it to the police at the time. Since then, I'm finding chicken bones that don't belong to anyone in my household strewn all over our porch steps. The bike has been reported, is on the national bike registry and the serial number is with the police. I saw it today and reported with the police on the suspect. If there is a neighborhood watch in effect in my area of the ward, I'd like to know who's in charge. I'd also like to see some more active recruiting of those on my block so that when things like this happen it's reported. The event happened between 4:10pm and 4:30pm so it was in broad daylight and I feel incidents like this can be easily prevented with an increase in diligence amongst community members. It's a shame what I'm watching happening around me and I haven't even lived here that long. Let's work together to keep vandals and thieves out of our homes and off our streets!

Comment by John Boutet on June 11, 2011 at 6:26pm: School 16 playground equipment damaged by fire, June 8 (plus or minus a day)

I received a note yesterday that the school 16 playground had to be closed yesterday because apparently a vandal set a significant enough fire inside the heavy plastic tunnel playground equipment that it left behind dangerous damage to the inside of it. Keep your eyes open for a firebug. The last thing our kids need is to have their playgrounds vandalized.