RIOC Reports No Injuries During August 15 Roosevelt Island Unauthorized Distribution Of Written Materials Incident, More Info On July Blackwell Fountain Exposure Incident and July Public Safety Botter

Image From RIOC Reported August 19 on a Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department incident involving the:

08/15 – 1210 – 591 Main St. – Distribution Of Unauthorized Written Material – Condition Corrected

Comments on the incident from readers included:

Written material must now be authorized? Do we need to procure stamps for our documents from PSD to demonstrate that our writings have been approved?

and:

That’s bizarre … What could PSD possibly determine to be “unauthorized” written material? Seems like a great opportunity to request the full reports via FOIL.

and:

i suspect PSD isn’t making determinations of what’s “unauthorized” based on the content of the written material. my assumption is that the incident involved somebody trying to post a handbill or something on a tree, lamp post, or the like, which is generally prohibited. at a minimum, this shows the need for more transparent descriptions of violations in the police blotter when we’re talking about violations of obscure administrative code provisions.

On August 16 I sent the following inquiry, with subsequent follow-ups to Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Public Safety Department Chief Keith Guerra:

The 8/15 – 16 Public Safety Report indicates:

08/15 – 1210 – 591 Main St. – Distribution Of Unauthorized Written Material – Condition Corrected

What was being distributed and what does “distribution of unauthorized written material” mean?

Please provide additional details as to what occurred during this incident?

Thank you.

On August 30, received the following reply from RIOC’s Press Spokesperson:

the incident took place on Wednesday, August 15 at 9:54 am in the 591 Courtyard, and there were no injuries.

No other response regarding the incident. Also:

On Wednesday, July 18, I sent the following inquiry to Roosevelt Island Public Safety Director Keith Guerra:

The 7/17 -18 daily Public Safety Report indicates:

Exposure of a Person – PSD arrested the subject

Please provide information as to where the incident occurred, what time of day, what were the ages of the subject and victim and any other information that the Roosevelt Island community should be made aware of regarding this incident.

Also, was this incident related to any of the previous Exposure incidents occurring on Roosevelt Island recently.

Thank you.

and received this response on July 20 from RIOC’s Press Spokesperson:

With regard to the exposure of a person, the incident took place on 7/17/12 at 3:17 p.m. at 500 Main Street (Blackwell Park). No injuries there either.

RIOC’s July Monthly Public Safety Blotter has some additional information regarding the Exposure Incident:

7/17/2012 500 Main St ARREST Male observed at fountain in his under clothes exposing his intimate area. Male was issued summons and released.

Below is the full RIOC Monthly Public Safety Blotter for July 2012. Other incidents include: The up to date Roosevelt Island Daily Public Safety reports are included on Roosevelt Islander’s sidebar column.