Dupont Public Safety: March 2009

Friday, March 20, 2009

Borderstan Walk-Around and news coverage

Thanks to everyone who organized, staffed, and participated in last night’s Borderstan Walk-Around. Apparently, ABC 7 News staff read about the Borderstan Walk-Around on Borderstan.com and covered it (here). Channel 7 was more interested in the rooftop burglar than general safety in Borderstan, but it was a good story. The event’s main goal was to improve lighting. To that end, the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations helped get DDoT Urban Forestry and DDoT lighting staff out to listen to community member concerns about and make plans to improve overly dark areas on their blocks and alleys.

This event was a good example of what flows out the Dupont/Kalorama Public Safety/PSA 208 Meetings. Please do bring other issues to those meetings. BTW, the April 21st meeting is going to be in the Stead Playground Rec Center building. (I bet lots of you have never been in there). We also have a new push to make community to police liaisoning even more local by re-vitalizing our Neighborhood Watch program.

Rob Halligan

HalliganProjects.com

Twitter.com/RobHalligan

202 319 1313

DupontForum - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DupontForum/

MPD 2D listserv - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MPD-2d/

MPD 2D info - http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1239,q,544652,mpdcNav_GID,1535.asp

Lieutenant Erich Miller - Erich.Miller@dc.gov

Lieutenant Roland Hoyle - roland.hoyle@dc.gov

Sol Levine - Neighborhood.Network.208@gmail.com

Neighborhood Network 208 Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/nn208

Commissioner Jack N. Jacobson - jack.jacobson@dupontcircleanc.net

Dupont Public Safety Blog - http://dupontpublicsafety.blogspot.com/

Borderstan - http://borderstan.com/

Borderstan listserv - borderstan@gmail.com

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

FW: * April PSA Monthly Meeting*

From: Sol Levine [mailto:sollevine@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:46 PM
To: Rob Halligan; 'Border Stan'; nn208@googlegroups.com;
Cc: sollevine@hotmail.com
Subject: *** April PSA Monthly Meeting***

APRIL PSA 208 MEETING IMPORTANT: CHANGE IN LOCATION.

PSA 208 BLOCK CAPTAINS-

Please Come To The April PSA Meeting If You Can Possibly Make It.

April 21^st 7pm

It Will Be Held In The Stead Recreation Center on P Street,

Located Half Way In Between 16^th And 17^th Street.

The number of thefts from homes and businesses has increased dramatically since late last year. Robberies, including robberies in which citizens have been hurt are up. The economy could play a major factor in crime trends in the near future.

NOT ONLY FOR BLOCK CAPTAINS EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS INVITED

Please insure that anyone in your building and on your block who is interested in their personal and public safety is aware of the meeting, and that they are invited to attend.

A flier with the information will be posted on the group site, available to anyone who can print it out and has some tape, time or tacks to post it. You, of course, may design your own.

Come with questions. Come with problems and concerns. Anything that is not the responsibility of the MPD, such as street lights that are burned out or non-existent will be forwarded for action by the appropriate District department.

Where there is more light and more information, there is less crime.

If any one has an idea or a question please e mail Neighborhood.Network.208@gmail.com.

Please feel free to re-post this note on any Dupont Circle neighborhood website or blog.

Thank you to Sgt. Mcdonald for securing the venue.

PS: On another note, there are almost a dozen new officers, fresh out of the academy, in PSA 208 teamed up with veteran officers patrolling the streets. If you see any, please say hello.

From: Mcdonald, John C.(MPD) [mailto:John.Mcdonald2@dc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:49 AM
To: Miller, Erich (MPD); Fletcher, Steven (MPD); robhalligan@bigfoot.com; daniel@gamber.net; universalliquors@yahoo.com; sollevine@hotmail.com; scott.nelson@1731.org; jack@friendsofjack.com
Subject: April PSA Monthly Meeting

I have reserved the Stead Recreation Center for the next PSA 208 Monthly Meeting For April 21st, 2009 from 6:30 PM until 8:30 PM.

Please post to the list servs so the community will be aware of the new location. The meeting time is unchanged and start at 7:00 PM.

Thank you.

John

Detail for Stead Recreation Center

Day

Date

Requested Time

Available Time

Tue

4/21/2009

6:30 to 8:30pm

As requested

Monday, March 16, 2009

Reminder - Dupont Circle/Kal Public Safety (PSA 208) Meeting, Neighborhood Watch Revival, and Borderstan Walk-Around

1) Meeting – Dupont/Kalorama Public Safety Meeting/PSA 208 - Tuesday, March 17th at 7pm at the 3^rd District Metropolitan Police Dept Headquarters at 1620 V Street. (Held on the 3^rd Tuesdays for Dupont and Kalorama-Sheridan issues and still in the 3D building even though our police work out of 2D.) Our community depends on good communications to and from our police. This is a roundtable meeting where we problem-solve. Bring an issue – no matter how minor. If you can’t make it, please convey your issue to someone who will be attending.

1. Rooftop Burglaries

2. Street Robberies

3. Moving the Public Safety Meeting/PSA to different problems spots has proved effective. We’d like ideas for issue-specific meetings for the April 21^st meeting.

2) Neighborhood Watch – We have a good number of Block Captains lined up but need to engage them to reach out to their neighbors. Please inquire with Sol Levine regarding becoming a block Captain and sign up at the Neighborhood Network 208 Google Group. And please come to Tuesday night’s Public Safety/PSA meeting to brainstorm on how to engage Block Captains.

3) Borderstan Night-Safety Walk Around - Read about here.

What: Borderstan Night-Safety Walk Around. Join police and city government staff for a quick walk around Borderstan. The purpose is to point out dark areas that need lighting, burned out street lights, overgrown trees, etc. The goal is to improve night safety in Borderstan through better lighting and visibility.

When: This Thursday, March 19, 6 p.m. The group will leave 15th and T NW at 6 p.m. and proceed south.

Who: You, your neighbors, representatives of D.C. government agencies. This includes members of the MPD, D.C. Department of Transportation and Andrew Huff, the Outreach and Services Specialist for Ward 2.

Why: You can meet members of the police who patrol West Borderstan (PSA 208) and East Borderstan (PSA 307) as well as your neighbors… and contribute to public safety by working with officials to fix lighting- and visibility-related problems.

Where: 15th Street NW, starting at T Street and proceeding south to Rhode Island Avenue NW. Join us at 15th and T or watch for us as we make our way down 15th Street NW. Our goal is to cover/talk to residents on the 1400- and 1500-blocks of all streets between T Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW.

More Information: Contact Andrew Huff at andrew.huff@dc.gov or Borderstan at borderstan@gmail.com.