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 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>. ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com