The 1st Precinct Community Council welcomes our new Commanding Officer Captain Brendan Timoney

Welcome from the President: Anthony Notaro

Please sign to help make it illegal to buy counterfeit trademarked goods

Please sign the online petition here:

http://signon.org/sign/make-it-illegal-to-buy

This bill will make it a class A misdemeanor to purchase counterfeit goods, punishable with up to a $1,000 fine and/or up to a year in jail. The bill also targets those who purchase goods which they should know are counterfeit, based on the cost or quality of the bill, or the conditions and location of the seller or sale.
 
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Medal Recipients: 1st Precinct Police Officer Artr Kasprzak

Officer Kasprzak was awarded 2 medals for meritorious service for saving a man’s life in July of 2011 by rescuing him from the East River and then again in September of 2012 for apprehending a man with a loaded 32 caliber revolver. His quick thinking and response in both instances helped saved lives and helped make the quality of life better in the City of New York and our downtown community.

On October 28th 2012 Officer Kasprzak again thinking of others, helped to save his family during Super -storm Sandy . With water pouring into his Staten Island home, Kasprzak helped move six adults and his 15-month-old nephew into his home’s attic. He then went back down to the basement to look for his father. Unknown to Kasprzak, his father had already exited the house and was on his way up to the attic via a different path. Kasprzak never returned.

Officer Kasprzak will truly be missed and his heroism will not be forgotten.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/nypd-officer-dies-helping-save-seven-family-members-150111140.html

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/staten_island_off_duty_police.html

Below is a list of the 1st Precinct Officers who also received medals from 2010-2012 for their remarkable work in the 1st Precinct. The Council thanks them all on behalf of the community.

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Rescue on Rector: Emotionally Distraught Man Saved by Police

From The Broadsheet Daily:

On Friday afternoon, as much of the nation was gripped with heartbreak and shock at the story of a madman and the horror he perpetrated in a Connecticut town, a smaller — but in some ways similar — drama reached a less gruesome conclusion in Battery Park City. Shortly before 1:00 pm, an emotionally disturbed man climbed onto the metal roof of the Rector Place pedestrian bridge, began waving a knife, and shouting to passersby that he was going to jump into the traffic passing beneath him on West Street.

Several police cars from the New York Police Department’s First Precinct responded within minutes to multiple 911 calls. They immediately cordoned off both ends of the bridge and began to stop the six lanes of traffic speeding beneath the bridge. These officers also called for additional, specialized help: crews from the NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit (ESU) and ambulances from the Fire Department. In the several minutes that it took these reinforcements to arrive, the man (whose name has not been released) became increasingly agitated, approached the edge of the bridge several times, and began to stab at his wrists and throat with the knife he was brandishing.

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