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QUEENS WEEKLY, JUNE 2, 2019
Summer
During Summer All-
Out in 2018, the city
experienced significant
reductions in shootings
and murders in commands
where additional police
officers were assigned.
In 2018 Summer All-Out
commands, there was a
reduction of eight murders,
or 36 percent, and 11 fewer
shootings, or 16 percent.
“The Summer All-Out
allows the NYPD to keep
the city’s crime reduction
momentum going as we
enter the summer months,”
Chief of Department
Terence A. Monahan
said. “This year, we have
added more officers than
ever before and extended
the program by three
additional weeks.”
This is the fifth year
the NYPD has redeployed
police officers to commands
with historically elevated
levels of violence. One
Queens command, the
113th Precinct in Jamaica,
will receive additional
officers beginning today,
Wednesday, May 22. Last
year, the extra officers
went to the 103rd Precinct,
also in Jamaica.
The deployment
is made possible by
reassigning officers from
desk and administrative
jobs. They will be
temporarily transferred to
street patrols.
All officers assigned to
Summer All-Out attended
a one day refresher
training course designed
to reemphasize the
neighborhood policing and
de-escalation techniques.
“Working hand-inhand
with community
members and their fellow
cops, these additional
officers will focus on
further reducing crime
and violence,” Monahan
said. “Also new this year,
the Transit Bureau will
receive an allotment of
officers. Thanks to the
hard work of the men
and women in blue, New
York City experienced
reductions in both crime
and violence during
prior Summer All-Outs,
and we look forward
to a similar outcome
this year.”
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by email at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
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Scams
that she did not recognize
but it had my name on
it asking for gift cards
for cancer patients,”
Kuroly said.
The text message
instructed Clark to
purchase $300 worth of
gift cards.
“And I need you to
scratch the back of the
cards to reveal the pin
code then take a snapshot
of the codes and have
the picture sent to me,”
the message read. “Let
me know as soon as it’s
done so we can discuss.
Don’t forget to say some
prayers for him.”
Clark set off to fulfill
the Pastor’s request and
was one her way to the
Rite Aid in Rockaway
Park when it dawned
on her that she may
have been targeted by
a scammer.
“I found something
strange and I’m looking
and I said ‘why is father
responding as Father
James A. Kuroly,” she
recalled. “He would
never text me like that.”
Clark saved her money
but others have not been
so lucky.
The Diocese of
Brooklyn has warned
that other Queens
parishes have been
targeted including St.
Helen in Howard Beach,
Incarnation in Queens
Village, Our Lady of
Perpetual Help in South
Ozone Park, and St.
Clare in Rosedale.
An official diocesan
email was sent to
church pastors and
administrators making
them aware of the scam
and the NYPD has been
notified and police
reports have been
filed.
Reach reporter
Bill Parry by email at
bparry@schnepsmedia.
com or by phone at (718)
260–4538.
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