Last Saturday evening, I sent the following message to Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Vice President of Operations Fernando Martinez and Public Safety Director Keith Guerra:
I received a report about big gang bust down by the train and Main St near the pier bet. 5-6 pm this afternoon? There were approx 20 NYPD & PSD patrol cars and many were being arrested.
Is this true? If so, any comment on what happened?
Mr. Fernandez replied:
The incident that you reference in your email was not a gang bust, but rather a robbery that ocurred inside the train station. Three male subjects were arrested by NYPD with assistance from RIPSD.
This incident, as well as others, are noted in the Public Safety Department’s Daily Incident Report which provides a very brief description of calls in which the Public Safety Department responds to and is included in the middle sidebar of the Blog. For example, here’s another example of an incident described in the Daily Public Safety Report:
7/1 – 7/2
Criminal Mischief/Fire – In a large bulk container. FDNY extinguished it. No injuries. Search made with negative results. UA notified.
Below are the Roosevelt Island March and May 2011 Public Safety Blotters which report in greater detail the type of incidents which the Public Safety Department and NYPD, when called upon, respond to. (The April Blotter is not on the RIOC web site at this time). The June Blotter is not available yet. May incidents include: RIOC Public Safety Blotter May 2011 RIOC Public Safety Blotter March 2011 It would be helpful for all Roosevelt Island residents to have access to the specific information contained in the Monthly Blotter on a more timely basis than 1-2 months after an incident occurs. Perhaps RIOC and Public Safety can provide this information on a weekly basis. Roosevelt Island 2011 Public Safety Calls For Services/Responses statistics through May are here.