VPN-1018

AUG 02,1997
ACCIDENT LEAVES MOM DEAD AND BABY CRITICAL
WEST 94 ST AND BROADWAY, UPPER WEST SIDE MANHATTAN
-NYPD DETECTIVE AND HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS INVESTIGATE DAYTIME ACCIDENT, WRITE REPORT, DRAW CHALK LINES, MEASURE DISTANCES, SMASHED CAR AND BABY SEAT
-STREET SIGN: BROADWAY AND WEST 94 ST

AUG 03, 1997
NY STATE PAROLE "OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP"
VARIOUS LOCATIONS, MANHATTAN AND BRONX
-HUGE NEW YORK STATE POLICE OFFICERS IN BUILDING HALLWAY, KNOCK ON APARTMENT DOORS AND ENTER APARTMENTS LOOKING FOR PAROLE VIOLATORS
-SIGN FOR THE BARUCH HOUSES, PUBLIC HOUSING AT NIGHT
-STREET SIGN: COLUMBIA ST AND RIVINGTON, ST
-MAN IN HIS UNDERWEAR AND IN BATHROOM
-OFFICERS SEARCH THROUGH BARE APARTMENT WITH A COT, TALK TO TENANT
-INTERVIEW WITH PAROLE OFFICER BURKE ABOUT THE OPERATION ABOUT VISITING PAROLED SEXUAL OFFENDERS
-STREET SIGN: LONGFELLOW AVE AND EAST 165 ST

AUG 03, 1997
WAS A CHILD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED? (SCENE ONLY)
2120 RANDALL AVE, CLASON POINT BRONX
-NYPD POLICE CAR ON SIDEWALK AND STREET, PUBLIC HOUSING, PROJECTS AT DAWN

AUG 03, 1997
RAGING VACANT BUILDING FIRE
WEST 125 ST AND PARK AVE, HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-DAYTIME FIRE WITH FLAMES IN EMPTY BRICK BUILDING, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS IN BUCKET LADDER TRUCK WITH FIRE HOSES
-STREET SIGN: 125 ST AND PARK AVE

AUG 03, 1997
BODY FOUND FLOATING IN EAST RIVER
EAST RIVER AT EAST 118 ST, EAST HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-NYPD POLICE BOAT ALONG ABANDONED PIERS, HELICOPTOR OVERHEAD, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES ON SCENE, POLICE OFFICER TRYING TO HOOK BODY FROM WATER

AUG 03, 1997
BROOKLYN CHURCH BURGLARIZED (EXCLUSIVE)
966 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN
-NYPD CRIME SCENE UNIT INVESTIGATES ROBBERY, DAYTIME EVENT, MANY DETECTIVES BASEMENT OF BEAUTIFUL BRICK CHURCH, SIGN FOR CALVARY AND ST CYRIAN'S ANGLICAN /EPISCOPAL CHURCH
-K-9 COPS WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD
-BLACK CHURCH WOMAN WEARING HAT ENTERS
STREET SIGN: BUSHWICK AVE AND MENAHAN ST
-BLACK PASTOR OF CHURCH DESCRIBES THE BURGLARY, WEST INDIAN CONGREGATION

AUG 03, 1997
SECOND BROOKLYN CHURCH BURGLARIZED (EXCLUSIVE)
1405 BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN
-EXT OF ST THOMAN PARISH HOUSE, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL EPISCOPAL BRICK CHURCH, DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE, POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PICTURES, CRIME SCENE UNIT
-COP ON RADIO, SIGN FOR ST THOMAS EPISCOPAL ANGLICAN CHURCH
-BLACK PASTOR OF CHURCH DESCRIBES THE VANDALISM, NOTHING STOLEN, WEST INDIAN, COP DUSTING FOR AND REMOVING FINGERPRINTS

AUG 03, 1997
ANTI-SEMITISM AT STARRETT CITY
200 BETHEL LOOP, STARRETT CITY, CANARSIE, BROOKLYN
-NYPD AND STARRETT CITY POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
-EXT OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AT NIGHT, COPS INTERVIEW JEWISH MEN WITH YARMULKES

AUG 04, 1997
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE STRIKE
WEST 43 AND 11 AVE, WASHINGTON AND CHARLTON, MANHATTAN
-BASEMENT GARAGE OF UPS BUILDING, DRIVERS ON STRIKE WEARING SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS, LOCAL 804
-SPOKESMAN BLACK BUSINESS AGENT FOR TEAMSTERS, JIMMY WALKER, DISCUSSES THE STRIKE
-STRIKERS POSE AND WALK PICKET LINE, EXT OF UPS BUILDING
-STREET SIGN: 11 AVE AND WEST 44 ST
-UPS TRUCK IDLES IN GARAGE, CONVEYOR BELT STOPPED, DRIVER PULLS OUT TRACTOR TRAILER

AUG 04, 1997
DAD AND CHILD STRUCK BY DWI DRIVER (SCENE ONLY)
IN FRONT OF 40 COOPER AND BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN
-BLOOD RUNS DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AT NIGHT, IN THE RAIN, CARS PASS THROUGH IT, MEDICAL DEBRIS
-INTERVIEW WITH BLACK WOMAN ABOUT WHAT SHE SAY, HIT AND RUN, DESCRIBES GRAPHICALLY THE CHILD BEING KILLED
-STREET SIGN: COOPER ST

AUG 05, 1997
WOMAN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN HER APARTMENT
79 HORATIO ST AND GREENWICH ST, WEST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN
-MANY NYPD DETECTIVES AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN, INVESTIGATION, EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK, K-9 COPS WITH GERMAN SHEPHERDS
-STREET SIGN: HORATIO ST AND WASHINGTON ST

AUG 06, 1997
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE *SEE FULL STORY ON VPN-1019**
3851 FLATLANDS AVE, NEAR FLATBUSH AVE, BROOKLYN
-PILE OF RUBBLE ON STREET, ENTIRE CORNER OF AN OCCUPIED BUILDING COLLAPSE, CLOTHES HANGING IN EXPOSED CLOSET
-EMTS AND COPS TREAT VICTIMS IN AMBULANCE, K-9 COPS WITH GERMAN SHEPHERDS, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS, BATTALION CHIEF CONWAY ON SCENE, MANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL
-ELDERLY VICTIM WHEELED TO AMBULANCE BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS AND PARAMEDIC, HECTIC SCENE
-FIREMEN SEARCH THROUGH THE RUBBLE,KIDS TOYS WEDGED BETWEEN FLOORS, SHOCKED RESIDENT WATCH, PICTURE OF INDIAN WOMAN HANGS ON EXPOSED WALL

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