for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com DECEMBER 19, 2013 • The Courier SUN 11 THE COURIER/Photo by Maggie Hayes Officer Vincent Siraco was named the 106th Precinct’s Cop of the Month after nabbing the perpetrator who severely beat an off-duty cop. Cop feted for saving fellow officer BY MAGIE HAYES [email protected] Just shy of one month after an off-duty cop was beaten nearly to death, Officer Vincent Siraco of the 106th Precinct was honored for nabbing his fellow cop’s attacker. Sergeant Mohammed Dean took a brutal beating in Ozone Park on November 17 that left him unconscious. As police pulled up to the scene on Liberty Avenue around 4:40 a.m., the perpetrator fled. Siraco and his sergeant chased the beater down 118th Avenue and apprehended him “with no incident, no injuries to any police officers,” said Lieutenant John Ganley, the precinct’s executive officer. Ganley called the arrest a “right place, right time” situation, and that at the time, they did not know the person who was hurt was a cop, they knew “it’s an individual getting beaten down into the street.” Siraco and the precinct’s Midnight Conditions Team, which takes nighttime patrols, was in the area after discovering a robbery pattern around Liberty Avenue’s bars and nightclubs. “The community is very fortunate to have an individual like this on patrol, especially at night,” Ganley said. Siraco started at the 106th Precinct in June and has been with the NYPD for two-and-a-half years. Ganley said he has an “impressive record for a short time on the job,” including 25 felony arrests. “In a very short time, he has established himself as an integral part of our patrol force,” he said. Forest Park getting security cameras BY LIAM LA GUERE [email protected] Crooks should say cheese before they commit a crime in Forest Park. Assemblymember Mike Miller, who represents the park, allocated $250,000 for more than a dozen cameras, and received permission from the NYPD on Monday, December 16 to install the devices within the next few months, following a string of sexual assaults in the Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Media Group park. The NYPD will install more than a dozen “I think it will be cameras in Forest Park to tighten security. extremely helpful in being a deterrent to crime,” Miller said. “If somebody thinks of doing something there, and they see the camera, they will think twice before committing a crime.” The camera solution comes after a string of rapes in Forest Park since 2011, committed by one male, who the police have still not caught. The latest assault occurred on August 26 of this year, when the suspect tasered a 69-year-old woman jogging in the park and pushed her to the ground before raping her, cops said. “If there is an issue going on in Forest Park I felt putting a camera in there would bring security in the area,” Miller said. “If we can protect one person then we have done our job.” A3 COMM Samsung Galaxy S4 $4999 DEVICE EXCLUSIVE 4G-WIRELESS INTERNET ON-THE-GO Verizon Jetpack 5510L FREE New 2yr activation reqd IPAD AIR / MINI NOW AVAILABLE $100 OFF ALL IPADS / TABLETS LIBERTY LOCATION 121-20 Liberty Avenue South Richmond Hill, NY 11419 718.845.1500 SUTPHIN LOCATION 87-66 Sutphin Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11435 718.558.4242 25% OFF ACCESSORIES Limited Qty available. Requires New 2yr Activation & number port-in. After $50 Mail-in-Rebate & $150 Port in rebate/credit. We offer Employee/Corporate DISCOUNTS
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