Re: [UC] Meeting tonight 7:00 PM Thu 02/04/10 PPD SW Division

[Glenn moyer]

"While the initial meetings were to be held with neighborhood based key leaders, it is possible in some districts the outreach was too selective."   Hahaha.  I thought all "community engagement" only focused on secret meetings with the anointed of a neighborhood.     Thanks Craig!  And thanks for the early notice about the Kingsessing library closing.   Nutter's not using the PR cover of a Penn Praxis, "People's Budget."  Opposition that cannot be bull dozed with PR deception is often dealt with through silent underhanded strategies after a holding period .  The neighbors are smart to be skeptical of new painting and renovations.  Last year, that library branch was slated for permanent closing and then privatized into something called "learning centers."     The Daily News posed the question about the conspicuous lack of "deliberative democracy" and " People's budget workshops" prior to the budget this year.  Of course, West Philly people have more experience with Penn Praxis spin, and recognized that the budget workshops last year were nothing but PR hooey!   Glenn PS: I deleted a reply to the censored Penn list   -----Original Message----- From: craigso...@aol.com Sent: Feb 4, 2010 2:58 PM To: univcity@list.purple.com Cc: ucneighb...@hector.asc.upenn.edu Subject: [UC] Meeting tonight 7:00 PM Thu 02/04/10 PPD SW Division During the week of the Martin Luther King Day celebration, our Philadelphia Police Department initiated a series of community based meetings to introduce their new Police Service Area concept and to recruit neighborhood based input:   http://www.phillypolice.com/news/police-service-area-psa-week-is-here/   While the initial meetings were to be held with neighborhood based key leaders, it is possible in some districts the outreach was too selective.   Thus, there will be a meeting tonight for residents who reside in one of the four Southwest Police Department districts --the 12th, 16th, 18th and 19th, at 7 p.m. at the 19th District, 61st and Thompson. This meeting is being held by new Southwest Division Inspector, Myron Patterson. Insp Patterson will introduce himself and talk about the new community policing initiatives.   You may identify you PSA and it lead officer at:   http://www.phillypolice.com/districts   Each PSA is lead by a Lieutenant and normally has a dedicated Sergeant for each shift. Patrol officers are assigned to a specific PSA so they may become familiar with the neighborhood, its businesses, residents, and the residents with the police.   The original concept was developed in DC:   On May 2, 2004, the Metropolitan Police Department implemented a major restructuring of its Police Service Areas (PSAs), a basic building block of community policing in the District of Columbia. The goal of the restructuring is to ensure better police services for DC neighborhoods by providing greater flexibility in neighborhood patrols and by aligning PSAs more closely with natural neighborhood boundaries.   You are encouraged to attend tonight's meeting and to actively participate in regular meetings with your specific PSA command structure.   Ciao,   Craig ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see .