New York, NY—Crime is down 75 percent in the seven major crime categories in the past 28-day period compared to last year in the 19th Precinct, that’s according to the two NYPD officers who are in charge of patrolling the 19th Precinct’s Sector B.
Officer Patrick Conley and Officer Christopher Durney talked with the community recently during a Build the Block Safety Meeting that was hosted via Zoom. Sector B covers portions of Lenox Hill, from E 68th to E 78th Street and the East River shoreline to the border of Central Park.
According to Officer Conley, three major crime issues that are persisting in the sector are vehicle break-ins, package thefts and subway crimes.
Over the summer the sector saw a number of residential break-ins.
“A nurse working at Gracie Square Hospital looked out of her office window and saw a man scaling the fire escape [of a nearby building]. She called 911, and we were able to apprehend the suspect,” said Conley.
He added that a serial burglar who had “hit us hard” last holiday season is now back in jail and that’s because of help from the community.
“As I’ve mentioned at previous Build the Block meetings, you are our eyes and ears on the street—if you see something, say something,” Conley said.
There have been a few packages stolen in the past month in the sector. Therefore, Conley suggested that residents try to convince their building management to invest in a good camera system to deter potential thieves.
“If said thief is willing to commit a crime while the cameras are rolling, it gives us and the detective squad a better chance of catching them,” noted Conley.
There has also been a slight spike in vehicle break-ins. But a major culprit was actually caught last week by the Precinct’s public safety and midnight patrol cars. Still, residents should be making sure that they leave no valuables in their car, and consider investing in a car security system—a smart car alarm that will send an alert right to your phone if your car is being tampered with.
During the Q&A portion of the meeting, Valerie Mason, a Community Board 8 board member and President of the East 72nd Street Neighborhood Association, noted that the community had met with the 19th Precinct’s Commanding Officer, Melissa Eger, to discuss the possibility of reassigning some officers from their patrol cars to walking the beat.
“Part of the insecurity of residents is that we don’t see you on the sidewalk and I know that [Commanding Officer] Eger was going to start a program where we see more of you on the sidewalk, and, quite frankly, I have not seen a lot of you on the sidewalk,” said Mason.
But Conley noted that the precinct has been focused on a spike in subway crimes. The precinct has recently assigned two police officers to the subway platforms of the Lexington Line and the 2nd Avenue Subway to assist their colleagues in Transit District 4 in deterring a recent spike in crime.
“Right now, we’re focusing on the subways. Once the subway crimes dip, possibly they’ll refocus those officers on foot,” said Conley.
Another Community Board 8 member, Billy Freeland, then noted that because the number of subway crimes were not particularly high—for the past 28 days compared to the same period last year there was 1 versus 3, for example—there seems to be some trade-offs between having visibility on the street versus visibility in the subway.
“The thing I’m curious about is how should we, when we have relatively small numbers, how can we wrap our arms around what is a meaningful change? Are these numbers too small to really render a judgement, and at what point do we feel along the Q train and Lexington Line that the subways are safe using this data,” said Freeland.
Conley reiterated that the subway crimes that have occurred in the Upper East Side have necessitated the deployment of two policers onto the subway platforms. He suggested, however, that for the next Build the Block meeting, he’d invite the Neighborhood Coordination Officer of Transit District 4, Sector A, Gregory La Gala to address additional subway/transit-related questions.
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