[UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment
In a previous posting, I expressed concern about the police deployment with respect to the killing that occurred outside of Koko Bongo on Sunday morning. Having 10 cops there because there had been an altercation the previous week seemed excessive -- and I wonder whether this heavy police presence contributed to the precipitation of the gunfire. The reason for the concern is the email message reproduced below, in which Wendell Lewis brags to the UCD Board of Directors about the control this private special services district exerts over the police activity in the area. I'd like to think that the chain of command for decisions as well as responsibility goes up through the ranks to the Captain at the 18th Precinct and eventually to the Police Commissioner, City Council, and the Mayor. Now, I learn that Messers Ceasar and Gray, and Lt McCurdy, are UCD officers and that UCD rather than the Philadelphia Police Dept will step up Police ... patrols in the area. Always at your service ready for a dialog, Al Krigman Recipients of the email message (the UCD Board of Directors) were: Craig Carnaroli; Barry Grossbach; David Adelman; Della Clark; Dorothy Welch Berlind; James Tucker; Joe Trainor; Lindsay Johnston; Mark Mendenhall; Maureen Rush; Max Paul; Mike Brooke; Oliver Franklin; Susan Phillips; Tony Bartolomeo; William Schwartz; (police Lt John McCurdy). The text of the massage was: (http://www.iconworldwide.com/krf) This past Wednesday evening a robbery and arrest occurred at 46th and Larchwood. While the incident is troubling, I am pleased to report that an arrest was made by new UCD Officers Ceasar and Gray; both undercover at the time. Lt. McCurdy is trying to get information on the arrest of the second male perpetrator. The details are as follows: Date and Time: Wednesday 10.24.07, 11:00 PM Location: 46th and Larchwood Details: Complainant W/M 66 yrs. was approached by two B/M’s who began punching the complainant to the ground in an attempt to take his belongings. The males fled the scene; a short time later, one male was apprehended and identified by the complainant. The suspect was identified as B/M 17 yrs. The male was charged with robbery and aggravated assault among other charges. Both males were on bikes prior to the robbery. Description on #2 male is B/M in this teen’s wearing dark clothing. The police have been very responsive. UCD will step up Police and Ambassador patrols in the area. Lewis C. Wendell, Executive Director University City District 3940-42 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215/243-0555 Fax: 215/243-0557 ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Re: [UC] Recidivism/probationers/Nutter
Hey Andrew, Yesterday in the Inky was an interesting article about the police commissioner, Sylvester Johnson. He believes the stop and frisk policy would be a disaster. His focus is how this will turn the clock back on police/community relations and destroy, perhaps in months, the gains which have taken years to forge. He cites the recent request for community volunteers and getting 10,000 people to show up as evidence of improving relations. I have not seen details of this $10,000 tax credit first alluded to in the primaries. In my experience, this tax credit strategy sounds much better than it turns out to be. Over a decade ago, I looked for employers for individuals with chronic substance abuse disease. I think all those I worked with counted as ex-offenders too. The employers weren't interested in the federal tax breaks available. As a large industrial janitorial contractor explained to me, when the details come out: there is so much work and little hope for actually qualifying. This same employer was very interested in the program I was offering to help bridge the gap to employment. For 6 months, I maintained case management services for the referrals with an up-front agreement for three-way open communication to assist the individuals maintain their jobs. My referrals succeeded very well but in almost all cases minor problems arose that could have easily caused termination in those first six months. Now does this reward only kick-in after the first six months of employment? That would suggest to me lots of hoops for legitimate employers, lots of fraud, and very little impact on maintaining employment or reducing recidivism. The intervention I worked on was a small pilot project but was successful because it was a good design based on previous empirical evidence not sound bites. Unfortunately, there is no political will among the people to expand good policy when sound bites are available to our political leaders. I believe these tax break strategies are akin to creaming. The individuals most at risk for criminal recidivism will be those most at risk to lose their jobs in the first six months. These strategies look like some incredible attempt to solve the problem around elections yet do almost nothing for the problem while distracting society from looking at the underlining problems and implementing sound policy. Then, the reports come about the brilliant plan failing because the individuals are beyond all hope. I've seen this pattern repeat so many times that now the fear in society has become so extreme that we are considering policies to end civil liberties and the bill of rights for the majority of people/criminals in our midst. I'm sorry I feel compelled to disagree so strongly with something that sounds so positive. I would very much like to see the full plan. If the details for the employers are not available, I will continue to dismiss it as political rhetoric and poor policy. I saw this tax credit suggested in the primary without any details which I could find. Andrew you seem good at this. If you can get the details, please share. I'd love to change my mind or get folks to talk to the next mayor about the problems I outlined. Thanks, Glenn --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if anyone else made it to Michael Nutter's community forum the other night, but he mentioned a bill that I believe will be before city council this week. Somehow it had escaped my notice thus far. It calls for a $10,000 credit against the business privilege tax for companies that hire ex-offenders for 6-months or more. He also cited a staggering 72% recidivism rate in the city. The proposal was extremely popular with the crowd, and he couldn't resist adding a couple of pull-up-your-pants applause lines at the end. I posted a video clip here: http://malcolmxpark.org/?p=494 Andrew You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] More humane methods required in shootouts
Roomba Unveils Military Robot http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/roomba_maker_unveils_military?utm_source=cnn00 At 09:57 PM 10/30/2007, missthin wrote: Well, I-Robot, you know the company that makes those cute, but mostly (imho) worthless Roombas? They're making a new spiffy thing called the Packbot which uses a joystick and is armed with tasers. http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/skynet-alert-roomba-gets-a-taser/http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/skynet-alert-roomba-gets-a-taser/ Is it humane? I don't think so, but neither are bullets no matter who's firing the gun. Wendy On 10/30/07, Joe Clarke mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't there a glue trap or some other humane alternative to respond to people with guns? Sheeesh. Joe (stickin' to my guns) Clarke Mariellen Smith wrote: Yeah it's probably the cops fault. I wish the police would stop stirring up all of this gun violence. What /were /they doing patrolling the streets, anyway? I smell a conspiracy. -Mariellen At 11:32 AM 10/30/2007, Mike VanHelder wrote: Since only a psychic can answer whether or not the police were a precipitating factor, Al, I can only assume that it's your intention to launch sly insinuations and attack the public's trust in our police forces under the guise of speaking for the community. Your opposition to the NID I can understand, though I think it's selfish and disingenuous, but what beef do you have with the cops, and why can't you just come out and attack them openly instead of peck-peck-pecking at them like an underhanded vulture? - Mike V. On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The question still remains... why were all the cops there anyway, who deployed them, and was their very presence a precipitating factor? Enquiring minds want to know Al Krigman See what's new at AOL.com http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP0030001170http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP0030001170 and Make AOL Your Homepage http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP0030001169http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP0030001169. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.htmlhttp://www.purple.com/list.html. Mariellen Smith Assistant to the Director / Rights Administrator University of Pennsylvania Press 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-4112 215-898-6263 fax 215-898-0404 Join our mailing list! http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/mailinglist.html
Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment
There are undercover UCD officers! Doesn't anyone on this list care that a non-publicly accountable group is arresting people. That is vigilantism, what about the rule of law and order? Do you trust the UCD to decide who is any enemy of the people and who is not? Jim Cummings On 10/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a previous posting, I expressed concern about the police deployment with respect to the killing that occurred outside of Koko Bongo on Sunday morning. Having 10 cops there because there had been an altercation the previous week seemed excessive -- and I wonder whether this heavy police presence contributed to the precipitation of the gunfire. The reason for the concern is the email message reproduced below, in which Wendell Lewis brags to the UCD Board of Directors about the control this private special services district exerts over the police activity in the area. I'd like to think that the chain of command for decisions as well as responsibility goes up through the ranks to the Captain at the 18th Precinct and eventually to the Police Commissioner, City Council, and the Mayor. Now, I learn that Messers Ceasar and Gray, and Lt McCurdy, are UCD officers and that UCD rather than the Philadelphia Police Dept will step up Police ... patrols in the area. Always at your service ready for a dialog, Al Krigman Recipients of the email message (the UCD Board of Directors) were: Craig Carnaroli; Barry Grossbach; David Adelman; Della Clark; Dorothy Welch Berlind; James Tucker; Joe Trainor; Lindsay Johnston; Mark Mendenhall; Maureen Rush; Max Paul; Mike Brooke; Oliver Franklin; Susan Phillips; Tony Bartolomeo; William Schwartz; (police Lt John McCurdy). The text of the massage was: This past Wednesday evening a robbery and arrest occurred at 46th and Larchwood. While the incident is troubling, I am pleased to report that an arrest was made by new UCD Officers Ceasar and Gray; both undercover at the time. Lt. McCurdy is trying to get information on the arrest of the second male perpetrator. The details are as follows: Date and Time: Wednesday 10.24.07, 11:00 PM Location: 46th and Larchwood Details: Complainant W/M 66 yrs. was approached by two B/M's who began punching the complainant to the ground in an attempt to take his belongings. The males fled the scene; a short time later, one male was apprehended and identified by the complainant. The suspect was identified as B/M 17 yrs. The male was charged with robbery and aggravated assault among other charges. Both males were on bikes prior to the robbery. Description on #2 male is B/M in this teen's wearing dark clothing. The police have been very responsive. UCD will step up Police and Ambassador patrols in the area. Lewis C. Wendell, Executive Director University City District 3940-42 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215/243-0555 Fax: 215/243-0557 See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. -- Jim Cummings You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment
ucd -- making arrests ? undercover ??? welcome to our SECRET SERVICE DISTRICT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a previous posting, I expressed concern about the police deployment with respect to the killing that occurred outside of Koko Bongo on Sunday morning. Having 10 cops there because there had been an altercation the previous week seemed excessive -- and I wonder whether this heavy police presence contributed to the precipitation of the gunfire. The reason for the concern is the email message reproduced below, in which Wendell Lewis brags to the UCD Board of Directors about the control this /private/ special services district exerts over the police activity in the area. I'd like to think that the chain of command for decisions as well as responsibility goes up through the ranks to the Captain at the 18th Precinct and eventually to the Police Commissioner, City Council, and the Mayor. Now, I learn that Messers Ceasar and Gray, and Lt McCurdy, are UCD officers and that UCD rather than the Philadelphia Police Dept will step up Police ... patrols in the area. Always at your service ready for a dialog, Al Krigman *Recipients of the email message (the UCD Board of Directors) were:* /Craig Carnaroli; Barry Grossbach; David Adelman; Della Clark; Dorothy Welch Berlind; James Tucker; Joe Trainor; Lindsay Johnston; Mark Mendenhall; Maureen Rush; Max Paul; Mike Brooke; Oliver Franklin; Susan Phillips; Tony Bartolomeo; William Schwartz; (police Lt John McCurdy)/. *The text of the massage was:* http://www.iconworldwide.com/krf This past Wednesday evening a robbery and arrest occurred at 46^th and Larchwood. While the incident is troubling, I am pleased to report that an arrest was made by new UCD Officers Ceasar and Gray; both undercover at the time. Lt. McCurdy is trying to get information on the arrest of the second male perpetrator. The details are as follows: Date and Time: Wednesday 10.24.07, 11:00 PM Location: 46^th and Larchwood Details: Complainant W/M 66 yrs. was approached by two B/M’s who began punching the complainant to the ground in an attempt to take his belongings. The males fled the scene; a short time later, one male was apprehended and identified by the complainant. The suspect was identified as B/M 17 yrs. The male was charged with robbery and aggravated assault among other charges. Both males were on bikes prior to the robbery. Description on #2 male is B/M in this teen’s wearing dark clothing. The police have been very responsive. UCD will step up Police and Ambassador patrols in the area. Lewis C. Wendell, Executive Director University City District 3940-42 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215/243-0555 Fax: 215/243-0557 __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] DP: no police misconduct in local gunfight
Mariellen Smith wrote: Yeah it's probably the cops fault. I wish the police would stop stirring up all of this gun violence. What /were /they doing patrolling the streets, anyway? I smell a conspiracy. Mike VanHelder wrote: Since only a psychic can answer whether or not the police were a precipitating factor, Al, I can only assume that it's your intention to launch sly insinuations and attack the public's trust in our police forces under the guise of speaking for the community. Your opposition to the NID I can understand, though I think it's selfish and disingenuous, but what beef do you have with the cops, and why can't you just come out and attack them openly instead of peck-peck-pecking at them like an underhanded vulture? Al Krigman wrote: The question still remains... why were all the cops there anyway, who deployed them, and was their very presence a precipitating factor? apparently, there are psychics all over this case. according to the daily news: Police foresight was credited with containing the situation, which [Lt.] Vanore said could have been much worse if the original detail of 10 officers had not been stationed outside of the club. Fortunately, our officer was OK and the situation ended up being not as serious as it could of [sic] been, McNesby said. according to the dp: [Sgt.] Coan said there were no reports of an argument or fight inside the club before the shooting began. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said the incident was indicative of a larger problem Philadelphia has with violence at its nightclubs. It is just another example of how easy it is for people to have guns and how quickly an argument in a nightclub can escalate, she said. .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [aka laserbeam®] [aka ray] SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. It is very clear on this listserve who these people are. Ray has admitted being connected to this forger. -- Tony West Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, more believable -- Tony West __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ -- .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [aka laserbeam®] [aka ray] SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. It is very clear on this listserve who these people are. Ray has admitted being connected to this forger. -- Tony West Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, more believable -- Tony West __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Recidivism/probationers/Nutter
Youngphillypolitics.com has posted the legislation in its entirety. There are some strings attached, of course. But even if there's a little corruption or the program ends up needing a few tweaks, it still seems like a good incentive to hire ex-offenders, given that there's no incentive (that I know of) currently. http://youngphillypolitics.com/goode_introduces_nutter_prep_legislation Andrew Quoting Glenn [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey Andrew, Yesterday in the Inky was an interesting article about the police commissioner, Sylvester Johnson. He believes the stop and frisk policy would be a disaster. His focus is how this will turn the clock back on police/community relations and destroy, perhaps in months, the gains which have taken years to forge. He cites the recent request for community volunteers and getting 10,000 people to show up as evidence of improving relations. I have not seen details of this $10,000 tax credit first alluded to in the primaries. In my experience, this tax credit strategy sounds much better than it turns out to be. Over a decade ago, I looked for employers for individuals with chronic substance abuse disease. I think all those I worked with counted as ex-offenders too. The employers weren't interested in the federal tax breaks available. As a large industrial janitorial contractor explained to me, when the details come out: there is so much work and little hope for actually qualifying. This same employer was very interested in the program I was offering to help bridge the gap to employment. For 6 months, I maintained case management services for the referrals with an up-front agreement for three-way open communication to assist the individuals maintain their jobs. My referrals succeeded very well but in almost all cases minor problems arose that could have easily caused termination in those first six months. Now does this reward only kick-in after the first six months of employment? That would suggest to me lots of hoops for legitimate employers, lots of fraud, and very little impact on maintaining employment or reducing recidivism. The intervention I worked on was a small pilot project but was successful because it was a good design based on previous empirical evidence not sound bites. Unfortunately, there is no political will among the people to expand good policy when sound bites are available to our political leaders. I believe these tax break strategies are akin to creaming. The individuals most at risk for criminal recidivism will be those most at risk to lose their jobs in the first six months. These strategies look like some incredible attempt to solve the problem around elections yet do almost nothing for the problem while distracting society from looking at the underlining problems and implementing sound policy. Then, the reports come about the brilliant plan failing because the individuals are beyond all hope. I've seen this pattern repeat so many times that now the fear in society has become so extreme that we are considering policies to end civil liberties and the bill of rights for the majority of people/criminals in our midst. I'm sorry I feel compelled to disagree so strongly with something that sounds so positive. I would very much like to see the full plan. If the details for the employers are not available, I will continue to dismiss it as political rhetoric and poor policy. I saw this tax credit suggested in the primary without any details which I could find. Andrew you seem good at this. If you can get the details, please share. I'd love to change my mind or get folks to talk to the next mayor about the problems I outlined. Thanks, Glenn --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know if anyone else made it to Michael Nutter's community forum the other night, but he mentioned a bill that I believe will be before city council this week. Somehow it had escaped my notice thus far. It calls for a $10,000 credit against the business privilege tax for companies that hire ex-offenders for 6-months or more. He also cited a staggering 72% recidivism rate in the city. The proposal was extremely popular with the crowd, and he couldn't resist adding a couple of pull-up-your-pants applause lines at the end. I posted a video clip here: http://malcolmxpark.org/?p=494 Andrew You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
[UC] 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back
Will I get all the decorations up by 5 PM? I tried to get the big exhibits and sidewalk teasers up in advance and some evil spirit(s) came along and stole some signs, 2 cheap plastic skeletons, 2 beloved raffia angels (and beheaded the other 2) and other items from the front. I heard several neighbors suffered the loss and destruction of pumpkins. It is disheartening. I hope good spirits rise above the petty crap to enjoy (and help others enjoy) a Spook-tacular Halloween. Sadly, the losses caused me to redirect my time, so that I'll spend all day getting ready. It would have been nice to stage the event, in time and to build a crescendo among the neighbors, but the risk of decorations being taken or destroyed is still to great. In the plus column... Several neighbors told me that they bought extra candy to accommodate the hordes that will overflow unto their front steps. I am delighted they embrace my Halloween goal and don't resent the annual chaos. Special friends, one an original mini-station volunteer, dropped off 1,000 Tootsie Pops to supplement the Squirrel Hill Town Watch Substation offerings in the side yard. Karen Allen, the volunteer treasurer of Cedar Park made extra efforts to deliver a CPN donation to Squirrel Hill TWPSS to support the side yard event. Another local, a Penn grad that I've known for over 20 years wrote a very generous check to help SHTWPSS underwrite expenses. John Fenton and Jannie Blackwell's office have promised to send treats and coordinate volunteers Cyndy tells me that many other people and businesses and the Garden Court Community Association have also made donations to the Town Watch side of this production. My husband enabled me to spend an insane amount of money on the 2,500 full sized candy bars that my family is prepared to treat from our front step, before directing Tricksters into the wilderness of the Town Watch 'patrolled' side yard. Many elementary students from St. Friends de Sales, and one teacher, Mr. Thomas O'Connell volunteered time and energy. Several of the kids are recent immigrants and it is awe inspiring to see their whole hearted embrace of this odd holiday and to benefit from their inspirations, flavored with alternative cultures. Student volunteers from PENN'S Alpha Phi Omega, a coed service fraternity, spent an afternoon changing batteries on animated items putting together items dismantled for storage coloring the porch monsters, with magic markers and more of them will come back today to help with distribution. Jonathan Lee, the Vice President of Service, coordinated volunteers. If any of their teachers, advisors or even peers are on these lists, please let these young people know how much I value their good will and good work. They stage crew was Abby Dosertz, Young Kim, Matthew Kwong, Leanna Jaleyola, Courtney Kalkstein, Anna Lee, Tina Lee, Jennifer New Comer, Elaine Yip and Yvonne Wang. Jonathan tells me that Yvonne Wang and Courtney Kalkstein will come back to help out this evening and that they will be joined by new volunteers Amy Lei, Amulya Penmetsa, Gina Li and Stephanie Conteh. Cyndy Preston has kept in touch and worked hard and smart. She is the heart, soul and backbone of this event, even though I seem to get more recognition, because the event takes place at 4611 Springfield. We are odd partners. She is a chain smoker whose focus is on safety and activities for young children and I a rabid nonsmoker whose focus is on fun and building happy memories and providing attention, inspiration and community across all generations. I am lucky to have been asked to help, and fortunate that I could. Every year brings some moments of head butting and wonderment that we are the Halloween team, and every year I am awed by the energy and effort that tiny, fragile Cindy throws into making each Halloween better than the one before. If anyone feels trapped in an apartment and wants to volunteer and participate, we can use face painters, candy distributors, line monitors (costumed entertainers). So... while the petty thefts were annoying, the overwhelming evidence is that most of our neighbors are good, generous and fun. I hope all the good spirits, even those who choose anonymity, take a moment to bask in their good deeds. We hope to see most of you Trick or Treating tonight, between 5 and 7 PM at 4611 Springfield Ave Happy Halloween! Liz Campion (and Lawrence, Katie and Michael Motyka)
[UC] Parade?? Help
Is the Holaween parade today? What time and where does it start? If we miss it Oscar will never forgive us. Thanks Ya'll You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment - Force on Force
ucd -- making arrests ? undercover ??? welcome to our SECRET SERVICE DISTRICT 1) Below is why large numbers of officers should be deployed in certain types of volatile situations. The doctrine of overwhelming force is timeless and universal whether old Sun Tzu or modern Powell espouses it. Please keep all our law enforcement officers in your prayers; today we may lose one. 2) UPenn is to be congradulated. The use of UCD is now generic, when Philadelphia Police Officers working in UC are now referred to as UCD officers. Ciao, Craig 2 shootings of Philly officers within span of day Associated Press A police officer was shot in the head in North Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, a day after another officer was shot in the shoulder. The officer was shot around 10:30 a.m. at a Dunkin' Donuts, according to Officer Raul Malveiro, a police spokesman. The injured officer was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, but his condition was not immediately known. Police did not know whether the suspect fled in a vehicle or on foot. Wednesday's shooting came about 12 hours after a masked gunman shot a police officer in the shoulder during a chase downtown. That gunmen apparently jumped into the Schuylkill River, where searchers later recovered a body. Police said Wednesday morning that they had not determined if it was the suspect's body. Traffic Officer Mario Santiago responded to a report of shots fired shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday. The gunman was in a sport utility vehicle when he fired at another vehicle, injuring two men and a woman, police said. Responding to a radio call, Santiago started chasing the SUV. The gunman eventually got out of his vehicle and approached the squad car, firing twice through the window and hitting Santiago once in the right shoulder, police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said. Also Tuesday, a man who fatally shot a police officer during a robbery attempt at a bar last year pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison. In May 2006, Solomon Montgomery fired a shotgun out the back door of the bar, hitting Officer Gary Skerski in the neck. Skerski's death marked the first killing of an on-duty officer in Philadelphia in more than a decade. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20071031_2_shootings_of_Philly_officers_within_span_of_day.html -Original Message- From: UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: UnivCity@list.purple.com Sent: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:43 am Subject: Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment ucd -- making arrests ? undercover ??? welcome to our SECRET SERVICE DISTRICT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a previous posting, I expressed concern about the police deployment with respect to the killing that occurred outside of Koko Bongo on Sunday morning. Having 10 cops there because there had been an altercation the previous week seemed excessive -- and I wonder whether this heavy police presence contributed to the precipitation of the gunfire. The reason for the concern is the email message reproduced below, in which Wendell Lewis brags to the UCD Board of Directors about the control this /private/ special services district exerts over the police activity in the area. I'd like to think that the chain of command for decisions as well as responsibility goes up through the ranks to the Captain at the 18th Precinct and eventually to the Police Commissioner, City Council, and the Mayor. Now, I learn that Messers Ceasar and Gray, and Lt McCurdy, are UCD officers and that UCD rather than the Philadelphia Police Dept will step up Police ... patrols in the area. Always at your service ready for a dialog, Al Krigman *Recipients of the email message (the UCD Board of Directors) were:* /Craig Carnaroli; Barry Grossbach; David Adelman; Della Clark; Dorothy Welch Berlind; James Tucker; Joe Trainor; Lindsay Johnston; Mark Mendenhall; Maureen Rush; Max Paul; Mike Brooke; Oliver Franklin; Susan Phillips; Tony Bartolomeo; William Schwartz; (police Lt John McCurdy)/. *The text of the massage was:* http://www.iconworldwide.com/krf This past Wednesday evening a robbery and arrest occurred at 46^th and Larchwood. While the incident is troubling, I am pleased to report that an arrest was made by new UCD Officers Ceasar and Gray; both undercover at the time. Lt. McCurdy is trying to get information on the arrest of the second male perpetrator. The details are as follows: Date and Time: Wednesday 10.24.07, 11:00 PM Location: 46^th and Larchwood Details: Complainant W/M 66 yrs. was approached by two B/M’s who began punching the complainant to the ground in an attempt to take his belongings. The males fled the scene; a short time later, one male
[UC] Halloween stores
Help! we need to get elf ears at the last minute. I went down to south street last night and could not find any halloween stores. Has anyone run across a nearby one? -- Jim Cummings You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] OOOPS...
I mean Halloween. Sorry On Oct 31, 2007, at 10:39 AM, bob rathmann wrote: Is the Holaween parade today? What time and where does it start? If we miss it Oscar will never forgive us. Thanks Ya'll You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
[UC] Parade?? and Halloween stores
I heard from another parent 4:30 in clark park. Look for the large throng of children and parents. If you miss the start, run through the nearby streets looking for the large throng of children and parents. As for the halloween store, I don't know what nearby means since the poster mentioned south street, but there's the big halloween store on Delaware Ave. in South Philly. And of course KMart downtown and Walmart on Del Ave and BJ's on Oregon, and I'm sure a bunch of others out Baltimore way (Target). Dan W. On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:39:00AM -0500, bob rathmann wrote: Is the Holaween parade today? What time and where does it start? If we miss it Oscar will never forgive us. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment - Force on Force
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) UPenn is to be congradulated. The use of UCD is now generic, when Philadelphia Police Officers working in UC are now referred to as UCD officers. is the new ucd officer that wendell referred to as ceasar the same as the guy named julius caesar, listed below as a phila police dept field intelligence officer for district 18? http://www.ppdonline.org/hq_terrorism_field.php anybody know? and who is grey? .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [aka laserbeam®] [aka ray] SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. It is very clear on this listserve who these people are. Ray has admitted being connected to this forger. -- Tony West Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, more believable -- Tony West __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
[UC] [Fwd: [Ucneighbors] Halloween parade]
B Andersen wrote: Ghosts and goblins! Don't forget the 10th Annual Spruce Hill Halloween Parade tomorrow! We got a mention in the Daily Pennsylvanian http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2007/10/30/News/When-Its.A.Little.Tricky.To.Get.A.Treat-3065091.shtml! If you don't have kids and want to volunteer, please email me off-list. We still have jobs we need done! See the attached flier: * The gathering point is the flagpole at Clark Park on October 31. * The step off for the parade is* 4:30 pm* * The route will the the usual: o Start in Clark par and cross Baltimore at 43rd St o Up the north side sidewalk of Baltimore to 44th St o 44th St between Baltimore and Larchwood o Larchwood between 44th and 43rd o 43rd between Baltimore and Osage AND o end on the 4200 block of Osage (Little Osage) * Donated snacks need to be brought directly to the tables on Little Osage. ___ ucneighbors mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors ---BeginMessage--- Ghosts and goblins! Don't forget the 10th Annual Spruce Hill Halloween Parade tomorrow! We got a mention in the Daily Pennsylvanianhttp://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2007/10/30/News/When-Its.A.Little.Tricky.To.Get.A.Treat-3065091.shtml ! If you don't have kids and want to volunteer, please email me off-list. We still have jobs we need done! See the attached flier: - The gathering point is the flagpole at Clark Park on October 31. - The step off for the parade is* 4:30 pm* - The route will the the usual: - Start in Clark par and cross Baltimore at 43rd St - Up the north side sidewalk of Baltimore to 44th St - 44th St between Baltimore and Larchwood - Larchwood between 44th and 43rd - 43rd between Baltimore and Osage AND - end on the 4200 block of Osage (Little Osage) - Donated snacks need to be brought directly to the tables on Little Osage. ___ ucneighbors mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors ---End Message---
Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment
Wendell writes: I am pleased to report that an arrest was made by new UCD Officer... The police have been very responsive. UCD will step up Police and Ambassador patrols in the area. Al and others, Craig Carnaroli, UCD chief, had a piece about the Penn expansion in a recent DP article. Sorry I didn't post the link. He seemed to brag that Penn's operating budget was bigger than the city budget. I really felt the message that Penn plutocracy is more important than the elected government was finally coming through loud and clear. A few years ago this was cloaked behind spin like special service district, community engagement, upscale, and deliberative democracy. As they say, the gloves are off. Dennis Kucinich pointed to the constitutional crisis last night in the Drexel debates. I think we are in the midst of part of it here, in the upscale funky district. I've been horrified by the district as are many neighbors, so this Wendell letter is no surprise, simply confirmation. Nevertheless, thanks for posting this! Glenn --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a previous posting, I expressed concern about the police deployment with respect to the killing that occurred outside of Koko Bongo on Sunday morning. Having 10 cops there because there had been an altercation the previous week seemed excessive -- and I wonder whether this heavy police presence contributed to the precipitation of the gunfire. The reason for the concern is the email message reproduced below, in which Wendell Lewis brags to the UCD Board of Directors about the control this private special services district exerts over the police activity in the area. I'd like to think that the chain of command for decisions as well as responsibility goes up through the ranks to the Captain at the 18th Precinct and eventually to the Police Commissioner, City Council, and the Mayor. Now, I learn that Messers Ceasar and Gray, and Lt McCurdy, are UCD officers and that UCD rather than the Philadelphia Police Dept will step up Police ... patrols in the area. Always at your service ready for a dialog, Al Krigman Recipients of the email message (the UCD Board of Directors) were: Craig Carnaroli; Barry Grossbach; David Adelman; Della Clark; Dorothy Welch Berlind; James Tucker; Joe Trainor; Lindsay Johnston; Mark Mendenhall; Maureen Rush; Max Paul; Mike Brooke; Oliver Franklin; Susan Phillips; Tony Bartolomeo; William Schwartz; (police Lt John McCurdy). The text of the massage was: (http://www.iconworldwide.com/krf) This past Wednesday evening a robbery and arrest occurred at 46th and Larchwood. While the incident is troubling, I am pleased to report that an arrest was made by new UCD Officers Ceasar and Gray; both undercover at the time. Lt. McCurdy is trying to get information on the arrest of the second male perpetrator. The details are as follows: Date and Time: Wednesday 10.24.07, 11:00 PM Location: 46th and Larchwood Details: Complainant W/M 66 yrs. was approached by two B/Mâs who began punching the complainant to the ground in an attempt to take his belongings. The males fled the scene; a short time later, one male was apprehended and identified by the complainant. The suspect was identified as B/M 17 yrs. The male was charged with robbery and aggravated assault among other charges. Both males were on bikes prior to the robbery. Description on #2 male is B/M in this teenâs wearing dark clothing. The police have been very responsive. UCD will step up Police and Ambassador patrols in the area. Lewis C. Wendell, Executive Director University City District 3940-42 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215/243-0555 Fax: 215/243-0557 ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Parade?? and Halloween stores
I went to the target on City Line yesterday. They hardly had anything in terms of costumes. On 10/31/07, Dan Widyono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard from another parent 4:30 in clark park. Look for the large throng of children and parents. If you miss the start, run through the nearby streets looking for the large throng of children and parents. As for the halloween store, I don't know what nearby means since the poster mentioned south street, but there's the big halloween store on Delaware Ave. in South Philly. And of course KMart downtown and Walmart on Del Ave and BJ's on Oregon, and I'm sure a bunch of others out Baltimore way (Target). Dan W. On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:39:00AM -0500, bob rathmann wrote: Is the Holaween parade today? What time and where does it start? If we miss it Oscar will never forgive us. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. -- Jim Cummings You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Why I'm concerned about police deployment
Glenn wrote: A few years ago this was cloaked behind spin like special service district, community engagement, upscale, and deliberative democracy. As they say, the gloves are off. Dennis Kucinich pointed to the constitutional crisis last night in the Drexel debates. I think we are in the midst of part of it here, in the upscale funky district. speaking of deliberative democracy, there was an article about that in today's dp, in reference to penn prez amy gutmann, who's made that phrase a hallmark of her administration: http://tinyurl.com/363kfq excerpt: University President Amy Gutmann has built her career as a political theorist in the field of deliberative democracy, which emphasizes the political values of openness, transparency and publicity. Gutmann has for the most part extended her philosophy to her administration at Penn, extolling these principles in her four years as president. But her refusal to disclose the details behind former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson's resignation represents an outlier in a long trend of openness as an academic and administrator. Gutmann's seminal work on deliberative democracy, Democracy and Disagreement, written with Dennis Thompson of Harvard University, devotes an entire chapter to the value of publicity, in which she argues that citizens should be trusted more than leaders with the information necessary to make decisions. Deliberative democracy experts disagree over the degree to which transparency is appropriate, but Gutmann - who refused to comment for this article - has stressed that at least some measures for accountability in decision-making are necessary. For those institutions that cannot function without high degrees of secrecy, we suggest some institutional devices to secure either prior or retrospective accountability, she wrote in a 1999 essay with Thompson. Gutmann has stressed before that these principles also apply to university governance, and when she first assumed the presidency at Penn, her colleagues said this academic philosophy would translate well. It's part of Penn tradition to have a really open and deliberative process, but it also feeds into Amy's background and training, Joann Mitchell, a member of Gutmann's staff at Princeton and Penn, told The Daily Princetonian at the time. .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [aka laserbeam®] [aka ray] SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. It is very clear on this listserve who these people are. Ray has admitted being connected to this forger. -- Tony West Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, more believable -- Tony West __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Parade?? and Halloween stores
Perhaps not. Still Target was great for a lot of candy eyeballs and bags of brains for my students. Brain bags were scarcely enough! :) So what's wrong with a ghost costume made from a bed sheet? Happy All Hallows' E'en. On 10/31/07 12:53 PM, Jim Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went to the target on City Line yesterday. They hardly had anything in terms of costumes. On 10/31/07, Dan Widyono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard from another parent 4:30 in clark park. Look for the large throng of children and parents. If you miss the start, run through the nearby streets looking for the large throng of children and parents. As for the halloween store, I don't know what nearby means since the poster mentioned south street, but there's the big halloween store on Delaware Ave. in South Philly. And of course KMart downtown and Walmart on Del Ave and BJ's on Oregon, and I'm sure a bunch of others out Baltimore way (Target). Dan W. On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:39:00AM -0500, bob rathmann wrote: Is the Holaween parade today? What time and where does it start? If we miss it Oscar will never forgive us. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
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Re: [UC] Parade?? and Halloween stores
Ah, sorry, I must have been remembering KMart then. Bonus: you can get there via public transit. Although, if you're still looking for ears by the time you read this, it's too late :/ Dan W. On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:53:02PM -0400, Jim Cummings wrote: I went to the target on City Line yesterday. They hardly had anything in terms of costumes. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Parade?? and Halloween stores
Jim, Get with the program. You need to shop for Halloween in August. They¹ve all moved on to Christmas by now. Kimm On 10/31/07 12:53 PM, Jim Cummings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I went to the target on City Line yesterday. They hardly had anything in terms of costumes. On 10/31/07, Dan Widyono [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard from another parent 4:30 in clark park. Look for the large throng of children and parents. If you miss the start, run through the nearby streets looking for the large throng of children and parents. As for the halloween store, I don't know what nearby means since the poster mentioned south street, but there's the big halloween store on Delaware Ave. in South Philly. And of course KMart downtown and Walmart on Del Ave and BJ's on Oregon, and I'm sure a bunch of others out Baltimore way (Target). Dan W. On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:39:00AM -0500, bob rathmann wrote: Is the Holaween parade today? What time and where does it start? If we miss it Oscar will never forgive us. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
Re: [UC] Parade?? and Halloween stores
Dan Widyono wrote: Ah, sorry, I must have been remembering KMart then. Bonus: you can get there via public transit. Although, if you're still looking for ears by the time you read this, it's too late :/ Jim Cummings wrote: I went to the target on City Line yesterday. They hardly had anything in terms of costumes. halloween isn't just a costume, it's a state of mind, an orange state of mind... http://tinyurl.com/24hvro .. UNIVERSITY*CITOYEN [aka laserbeam®] [aka ray] SERIAL LIAR. CALL FOR RATES. It is very clear on this listserve who these people are. Ray has admitted being connected to this forger. -- Tony West Ray's falsehoods are more sophisticated, more believable -- Tony West You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named UnivCity. To unsubscribe or for archive information, see http://www.purple.com/list.html.
