Thursday, February 25, 2010

Project 21 Arrest

Every month the 5th Precinct Pop Unit goes out into the Community and visits stores who sell alcohol. This program named "Project 21" monitors the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors. On February 25, numerous locations were checked out and one arrest was made in Franklin Square to a merchant who had no liquor license but sold outdated beer to an officer. Future visits will follow on any reported locations.

Please contact the Pop Unit at 573-6570 or ncpd5thpopsd17@gmail.com if you have any leads, information or concerns.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Arrest made for Impersonating an Officer

Fifth Squad detectives report the details of an arrest for Criminal Impersonation that occurred on February 8, 2010 at 12:10 A.M. in Valley Stream.
According to detectives, a 20 year old female was driving home from Glen Oaks, Queens, when she was in the vicinity of Boden Ave. and Fir St., she noticed a white vehicle with flashing lights following her vehicle. Fearing for her safety she called her father on her cell phone. As she drove down the block she lives on, her father came out to meet her. The victim pulled into her driveway followed by the defendant. As her father and the victim approached the vehicle, the operator placed his hand in the area of his waistband and stated, “I am a Police Officer, back off”. Fearing for their safety, the father and daughter fled into their house. The defendant drove his vehicle with red lights flashing, over the front lawn and westbound on Fir St.
On 2/9/10 detectives made an arrest and the person was charged with Criminal Impersonation 1st Degree and will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on 2/10/10.
Details by: Det. Rios/ 5th Squad

Monday, February 22, 2010

Envision Valley Stream

The next general meeting of Envision Valley Stream will be Wednesday, February 24 at 7:30PM in the Hendrickson Park Administration Building. The agenda for the meeting is posted below. Please make every effort to attend and thank you for your continued support. I would like to leave you with a quote:


"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can."
George Bernard Shaw

David Sabatino

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Funding for Safe and Drug Free School Cut

“For the last year, I have been working with my colleagues in Congress and the Administration to avert drastic school safety cuts the President proposed in his 2010 budget. Sadly, a few weeks ago, it was officially reported that Long Island schools will lose more than $1.5 million next year because of the elimination of the state grants portion of the Safe and Drug-Free School (SDFS) program. I am greatly concerned by these cuts and have formally asked the Administration to provide an explanation for the cuts and what they plan to do to assist our schools provide a safe zone for our children.

In Nassau County over the last few years, there was a 91 percent spike in arrests on heroin-related crime. We have also had a problem with gang violence. While I appreciate that the funding level for national SDFS programs has increased, the cuts to the state grants piece is a big loss to our schools. While the funding, when spread throughout the various school districts, might seem small, it is extremely important to the schools and will cause school administrators to eliminate programs. Particularly in this tough economic climate, schools are already faced with difficult choices.

Schools should be safe places for our children to learn, without the fear of physical or verbal harm. Unfortunately it sometimes can be the opposite. In recent months, the national news has reported a number of suicides that raise bullying and harassment as major school safety issues. Jennie Shapira of North Woodmere was recently named as a Semifinalist of the Intel Science Talent Search 2010. She surveyed high school students about their experiences with bullying and found some striking results. Ms. Shapira concluded that younger students, who had been through anti-bullying programs, were more likely than older students to report harassment to school authorities. These results show that instruction is vital for combating bullying and harassment in schools and promoting academic achievement.

Soon, I will be reintroducing the Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (“SAVE”) Act which emphasizes the need for collection of law enforcement data to supplement the survey data the federal government already collects. Having said that, student surveys, like the ones collected by Ms. Shapira, can provide valuable information specifically because they come from students and I would applaud efforts to support such student surveys.

Regardless of political party, we all want our children to have a safe, drug-free school. And I will continue to work to ensure that in the future, students, like Jennie, win awards for research such as creating a new computer program or discovering a new star rather discussing the need for anti-bullying programs. We, as adults, should work together to create safe learning environments for our children.”

Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
Friday January 22, 2010