BEAT 1431 CAPS
Meeting Minutes
May 6th, 2004
The next meeting will be June 3rd, 2004 at the 14th District, 2150 N. California at 7:00 pm.
Officers Present: SGT Giambrone, PO Trempe, PO Romero, PO Crawford, PO Muniz of Community Policing, PO Ortiz
Two detectives from the 14th district presented information regarding the criminal sentencing procedures for crimes committed against community policing volunteers. According to the provided handout of Illinois Compiled Statutes, "'Community policing volunteer' means a person who is summoned or directed by a peace officer or any person actively participating in a community policing program and who is engaged in lawful conduct intended to assist any unit of government in enforcing any criminal or civil law. For the purpose of this Section, 'community policing program' means any plan, system or strategy established by and conducted under the auspices of a law enforcement agency in which citizens participate with and are guided by the law enforcement agency and work with members of that agency to reduce or prevent crime within a defined geopgraphic area."
For more information regarding the statutes protecting a "community policing volunteer" please contact the 14th District.
SECTION 1
1) The report for this section was extremely positive. The criminal activity in this area was reported to be notably better and the positive and proactive efforts of the police and neighborhood residents were recognized. The police reported they served 22 missions in the area, including warrants, and arrests for both assault and car theft. This is great news.
2) A vacant building at 2130 N. Stave was reported having neglected graffiti and is serving as a possible sanctuary for gang loitering.
3) Court date is set for June 7th, 2004 at 1:30pm for criminal arrested (Orton) for drug charges at 2025 N. Bingham.
4) Please note, the past minutes wrongly listed a drug house address at 2107 N. Bingham. This address should have been 2105 N. Bingham. Thank you for bringing this correction to our attention and we sincerely apologize for this mistake! We have updated past CAPS minutes to reflect this change.
action: Police and residents maintain current effective vigil and proactivity.
SECTION 2 & 3
1) Alderman Flores' 1st Ward office will be working with the Special Events Police department to prepare for the Congress Theater events that draw large crowds.
2) Danny's Liquors has recently been attracting larger numbers of homeless behind the store drinking alcohol.
3) 2182 N. Maplewood was reported to be illegally selling cars on the street using Indiana plates.
4) There was no report on further information regarding the mugging that occurred Monday, 2/16 at mugging on Campbell near Medill.
5) The reported problem resident at 2137 N. Western is no longer living at that address.
action: Police and Alderman's office to talk with Danny's Liquors to discuss options for addressing this problem. Police to follow up on reported car selling on Maplewood.
SECTION 4
1) Gang activity was reported at Talman and Lyndale as well as the diagonal parking near Talman and Belden.
2) MLD Graffitti was reported on side of garage at Lyndale and Talman Thursday, April 29th and may be the direct cause for the increased loitering at Lyndale and Talman during the following week.
3) 2701 W. Belden (near corner of Washtenaw and Belden) reportedly sustained multiple break-ins over the last month. Police to investigate.
4) There was a request for an update on when speed bumps will be placed on Talman and Rockwell around the school.
5) Officers did not have any new information on August murder on Talman. Apparently, no witnesses are coming forward preventing any further progress.
action: Diagonal parking on Talman (from Lyndale to Medill) continues to be a preferred place for gang activity and loitering. Police to monitor gang activity in this area. Weekday late afternoon and early evenings, and Weekend evenings seem to draw increased activity.
Alderman's office to follow up on status of speed bumps for Talman and Rockwell avenues surrounding Goethe School.s
SECTION 5
action: Need followup on child luring incidences from March.
SECTION 6
1) Missala (corner "restaurant" at Fullerton and Rockwell) is currently under investigation by the Liquor Commission for not having proper licenses as a restaurant (with a secondary liquor license). They are still reportedly having late night parties and strictly selling alcohol (in violation of current licenses). If there were violations for rudeness their late night party patrons would reportedly be frequent offenders.
2) Gang loitering on Artesian has been a problem over the last month. Ivan Bermudez was arrested for a shooting incident (outside Section 1) the second week of April and should have a forthcoming court date.
3) The Aspira school reportedly has hired a security agent and gang activity has been manageable. There have been reports of tagging on Montana, however.
4) No progress has been reported on the Derek Tate, Jr., murder on June 6 at Fullerton and Artesian. Apparently, no witnesses are coming forward to allow further progress.
5) No progress has been reported on the September 9th shooting at 4pm on Fullerton and Artesian. Even though there was an eye witness and pictures of a gang member holding a gun, police say that no one can be convicted with that evidence.
action: Police to monitor gang loitering on Artestian. Followup on Missala license investigation.
Beat Watch Reports
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Days
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Recurring Problem Areas for BEAT 1431
1) The 2000 block of Bingham, continues to require attention.
2) Gang activity: all sections in BEAT 1431 are seeing persistent levels of gang activity, especially in sections 1, 4, and 6.
3) Graffiti
General Announcements
SGT Giambrone highlighted a handful of celebrated (and colorful) arrests in Beat 1431 handled by himself, PO Romero, PO Retamozo, and PO Trempe as well as vigilant citizens. The arrests involved car thefts (started as a street chase, went onto sidewalks, then on foot, almost on a train, and then back to the street for the arrest with the help of innocent bystanders), gun possession, and drug sales. Thank you for your efforts!
Court Dates
1) June 7th, 2004 1:30pm Branch 23 at Grand & Central for 2025 N. Bingham drug arrest. Please make an effort to appear at this court date, we need your support!
DISCLAIMER
Beat 1431 CAPs volunteers prepared these meeting minutes to the best of their ability.
