Pratt Community Alerted to Rise in Violent Muggings
Last Friday Pratt Institute brass sent out an email to students and faculty warning them of a reported increase in violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus. The email said, in part, the following: The NYPD 88 Precinct has reported an increase in robberies within its confines. The robberies are reported to be committed by…
Last Friday Pratt Institute brass sent out an email to students and faculty warning them of a reported increase in violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus. The email said, in part, the following:
The NYPD 88 Precinct has reported an increase in robberies within its confines. The robberies are reported to be committed by a group of black males and females approximately 15-16 years of age. It has been reported that the group runs up to the victim, assaults them by kicking, punching, and scratching; then taking anything of value. These occurrences have happened during various times of the day. All students and Pratt community members are recommended to travel in pairs or groups. If you must travel alone consider using a car service. Avoid traveling late at night.
Repeated queries to the 88th Precinct for more information on the rash of robberies yielded no answers, but the precinct’s published report on crime for the 28 days that ended last Sunday shows there were 26 robberies committed during the period, a 37 percent increase from the 19 committed during the same weeks last year. Pratt isn’t the only neighborhood entity that’s been showing concern about safety in the area lately. Clinton Hill Blog has been chronicling appearances of a car in the neighborhood called the “Clinton-Washington Neighborhood Patrol,” a security measure undertaken by the Clinton Hill Co-ops. A couple months ago the Daily News reported that there’s been a big jump in the number of robberies and car thefts in Clinton Hill so far this year.
Clinton-Washington Neighborhood Patrol [Clinton Hill Blog]
Double-Digit Increase in Clinton Hill Crime Rate [Brownstoner]
Photo by PhillyBlunt.
The commnets about self-defense are stupid. This is a gang of kids, fight back and you will end up in the hospital or in the morgue. Much better advice – cross the street if you see a gang.
No 12:56, not as long as they all of them were black.
No one thinks that Pratt should have reworded their mass e-mail to the students and staff? Did they really have to say black males and females…If I see 15 kids in general I’m going to keep my ears and eyes open.
Curtis Sliwa & the Guardian Angels are, I’m sure, available for work in Clinton Hill
Just a clarification about the Command Security car that this post and the Clinton Hill Blog also mention: This is a private security company that has contracts with several buildings in the area (Clinton Hill Co-ops, Clinton Mews) and Pratt. Though I know that the 88th claims to be understaffed and over committed, having to rely on a private security company for something the police should be doing is a very dangerous precedent to set. Privatization of security means only the wealthy are secure.
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Sorry, but I couldn’t follow all your other postings in case you had any other suggestions or requests 12:40. But, that’s the problem with guests, you get them confused except for their cohesive nit-picking, bad advice, baiting and racist comments.
“bold type guest” at 11:56 –
You are just as anonymous as anyone else on this board. Until you provide your address, phone number, and real name, stop preaching to others about “hiding behind guest logins”.
gwbrubaker, it is nice to have some actual suggestions at last, and politely put, too. Many thanks. I assure you I do NOT think every person of color is out to get me, far from it. I **like** the mix of ethnicities and races in this neighborhood, that was part of the attraction for me in the first place. The people are lovely and I have always felt safe here. In fact it’s been so long since I have had to use street smarts I am worried I have none left, which was why I was asking.
Again, thanks. Posters like you make the blog’s comments worth reading.
But these should be tactics you use regardless of where you life/work in nyc. Yes, crime might be higher in certain communities but robberies/muggings happen in every community of nyc