PATROL NEEDS BOOST IN VOLS 104COP Looks To Revamp Outreach Auto Felonies Drive 112 Pct. Crime Break-Ins & Stolen Cars Prevalent, Says Captain which can be resold to chop shops from between $1,000 and $5,000. Conforti likened the thefts to a NASCAR driver pulling into the pit for a change in the middle of a race. Wth today’s technology, he stated, it can take someone all of three minutes to take off car tires and put the chassis on cinder blocks. Residents are also leaving their vehicle doors unlocked with TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 • 10 First Vice President Mark Pearson is heading up 104COP’s membership and recruitment programs and hopes to at least double the total members over the next two years. Pearson plans on rebranding the group, getting away from the old “boys club” look of staged photo opportunities and award ceremonies. Instead he wants to attract younger members by tapping into social by Matthew Van Deventer The 104th Civilian Observation Patrol (104COP) is taking new steps to boost its membership and improve patrol communications, volunteers learned during the group’s meeting last Thursday, June 19, at St. Pancras Hall in Glendale. The group’s president, Frank Kotnik, stated his disappointment about membership, especially pertaining to a recent barbecue held for members that saw a very low turnout. Currently, 104COP has 67 members, out of some 170,000 residents in the 104th Precinct, according to Kotnik. -SEE 104COP ON PG. 55- by Matthew Van Deventer Thieves focused on vehicles in the 112th Precinct this past month, leaving vehicles on cinder blocks or stealing them altogether, according to the force’s commander who spoke during the 112th Precinct Community Council meeting last Wednesday, June 18 at the precinct’s Forest Hills stationhouse. The week of June 9 saw a 50 percent spike in auto-related crimes, including four auto break-ins and five auto thefts, explained Capt. Thomas Conforti, the 104th Precinct’s commanding officer. Perpetrators are targeting 2012-2014 Honda Civics for their upgraded rims and tires -SEE 112TH COUN ON PG. 55- RIDGEWOOD SCHOOL HONORS CHESS STARS Chess wizards at P.S. 81 in Ridgewood were recently honored for winning the school’s annual chess tournament. It was the seventh year the school hosted a competition among pupils under the supervision of Arthur D. Seeger and Don Powers. This year, 110 students participated in the tournament, and the winners earned certificates as well as a chess book and a magnetic travel chess set. Seeger (third from right) is pictured with tournament winners (from left to right) third-grader Jack Alvarado, fifth-graders Xavier Burgos and Alfred Lim, fourth-grader Hemza Bisharat, third-grader Jackie Li and fourth-grader Alan Zheng. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) ©Times Newsweekly -2014 - CROWLEY ©Times Newsweekly - 2014 - ADDABBO Wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July as we proudly celebrate and cherish our independence. JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, Jr. New York State Senator District 15 District Offices: 159-53 102nd Street Howard Beach, NY 11414 (718) 738-1111 (718) 322-5760 FAX 66-85 73rd Place Middle Village, NY 11317 (718) 497-1630 (718) 497-1761 FAX
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