
 
        
         
		Detective  John  Souhrada,  45th  Precinct  
 Community  Affairs,  presents  Jordan  Muniz  
 with a new backpack.  
   Photo courtesy of Annie Boller/45th Precinct  
 Community Council 
 45th Precinct Community  
 Council meeting honors 3 
 BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN 
 Three  of  New  York’s  fi nest  received  
 awards last week. 
 On  Thursday,  September  5,  the  
 45th  Precinct  Community  Council  
 held a meeting at Hawkins Post,  550  
 City Island Avenue, where three 45th  
 Precinct  police  offi cers  were  were  
 recognized with Offi cer of the Month  
 awards. 
 Traffi c  offi cer  Kyle  Cummings  
 was honored as offi cer for the month  
 of June for being extremely proactive  
 in  addressing  the  precinct’s  quality  
 of life conditions. 
 Police  offi cer  Michael  McGreevy  
 (l-r) Bob Bieder, president of 45th Precinct Community Councilman, Councilman Mark Gjonaj,  
 Captain  Thomas  Fraser,  45th  Precinct  commanding  offi cer,  Offi cer  Kyle  Cummings,  Leon  
 Tulton from Assemblyman Benedetto’s offi ce, Sal Morello from Senator Bailey’s offi ce and  
 Maryanne Joyce from Senator Biaggi’s offi ce.  
   Photo courtesy of Annie Boller/45th Precinct Community Council 
 was  named  Offi cer  of  the Month  for  
 July.  McGreevy  responded  to  a  call  
 of  robbery in progress,  to which the  
 perpetrators were apprehended. 
 McGreevy also closed out robbery  
 patterns  pertaining  to  three  other  
 robberies in the borough. 
 Police  offi cer Hector  Basora  took  
 the  month  of  August  honors,  for  
 quickly responding to a call of a burglary  
 in  progress.  As  a  result,  two  
 perpetrators were arrested. 
 The  meeting  was  led  by  council  
 president Bob Beider. 
 Also  in  attendance  was  Captain  
 Thomas  Fraser,  45th  Precinct  commanding  
 offi cer,  Councilman  Mark  
 Gjonaj,  as  well  as  representatives  
 from  senators  Alessandra  Biaggi’s  
 and Jamaal Bailey’s offi ce. 
 The meeting also featured a backpack  
 giveaway for the children in attendance, 
   in  preparation  for  the  upcoming  
 school year. 
 Precinct  Community  Council  
 meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the  
 fi rst  Thursday  of  each  month.  The  
 next  meeting  will  take  place  at  the  
 45th  Precinct  on  Thursday,  October  
 3. 
  
  
  
  
 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, S 14     EPTEMBER 13-19, 2019 BTR