VPN-948

01/03/1997
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN ASSAULT ON OFFICER
79 PRECINCT STATION HOUSE, BED-STUY, BROOKLYN
-BLACK NYPD DETECTIVES LEAD BLACK MALE WITH DREADLOCKS ROM PRECINCT AT NIGHT, PERP WALK
-EXT OF THE 79 PRECINCT

01/04/1997
2ND ALARM FIRE
2306 VOORHIES AVE, SHEEPSHEAD BAY, BROOKLYN
-FIRE GUTTTED BUILDING AT NIGHT, FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND TRUCKS, FIREMAN IN WINDOW ON RADIO, USING PICKS TO GET INTO WALLS, THROWING OUT CHARRED DEBRIS
-FDNY DEPUTY CHIEF BANBURY
-STREET SIGN: EAST 24 ST AND VOORHIES AVE

01/04/1997
-NYPD K-9 COP WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD

01/04/1997
2 ELDERLY PEDESTRIANS STRUCK (POSSIBLE DWI) DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
EAST HOUSTON ST AND ESSEX ST / AVENUE A, LOWER EAST SIDE MANHATTAN, (SCENE ONLY)
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS, DAYTIME INVESTIGATION
VICTIM'S CANE AND CLOTHING IN STREET, POOL OF BLOOD, DELIVERY TRUCK, OLD MAN'S CAP, VICTIM'S GLASSES
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS WRITE REPORT, MEASURE DISTANCES
-METAL TRUCK INTERIOR WITH PUERTO RICAN FLAG
-STREET SIGN: EAST HOUSTON AND AVE A

01/04/1997
UPPER EAST SIDE SUSPICIOUS PKG HOAX
EAST 72ST AND MADISON AVE, MANHATTAN
-PEDESTRIANS ON WINTER DAY IN NEW YORK CITY, NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCKS, ROAD CLOSES AND BLOCKED,
COP SUITED UP IN PROCTECTIVE GEAR WALKS OVER TO SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AND OPENS IT ON SIDEWALK
-DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE BOX, JUST A HOAX
-NYC TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, BUSES, BIKERS
-STREET SIGN: MADISON AVE AND EAST 72 ST

01/04/1997
WALK OF 3 SERIAL ROBBERY SUSPECTS
109 PRECINCT, UNION ST, FLUSHING QUEENS
-ASIAN DETECTIVES LEAD ASIAN MALE PERPS FROM PRECINCT TO CAR, PERP WALK AT NIGHT
-EXT OF THE 109 PRECINCT WITH CHRISTMAS WREATH

01/05/1997
CAR INTO BUILDING CAUSES EVACUATION
EST 116 STREET AND FIRST AVE, SPANISH HARLEM, MANHATTAN
-CAR CRASHED INTO THE DELGHTFUL RESTAURANT, COFFEE SHOP, AT NIGHT, NYPD DETECTIVES, FDNY FIREMEN
-BRICK WALL IS CRUMBLING, FIREFIGHTERS INSPECT DAMAGE TO BUILDING, AWNING SIGN FOR THE NY LOTTERY
-STREET SIGN: 1 AVE AND EAST 116 ST

01/05/1997
OFF-DUTY CORRECTIONS OFFICER SHOT (3 SHOT - 1 DOA) (DEAD ON ARRIVAL)
FLUSHING AVE AND FRANKLIN AVE, BROOKLYN
-EXT OF THE ROSE CASTLE BUILDING, MAYBE CATERING HALL?, NYPD POLICE OFFICERS STAND GUARD
-GRIEVING FAMILY MEMBERS WALK BY, NYPD K-9 COP WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD
-BLACK FAMILY MEMBERS ? CRYING AND TRYING TO CROSS POLICE TAPE, COP TALKS TO THEM, EVIDENCE MARKED WITH MANY PLASTIC CUPS, CU OF BULLET CASING, COVERED BODY
-STREET SIGN: FRANKLIN AND FLUSHING AVES, WILLIAMSBURG

01/05/1997
NIGHT CLUB SHOOTING, SCENE ONLY
CANAL ST AND HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN, WEST VILLAGE
-YOUNG PEOPLE EXIT THE VINYL NIGHT CLUB WITH BARRICADES IN SIDEWALK, NYPD DETECTIVES OUTSIDE, 6 PRECINCT POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: HUDSON ST AND LAIGHT ST

01/06/1997
PERSON SHOT DOA, DEAD ON ARRIVAL
65 COVERT ST AND BUSHWICK AVE, BROOKLYN, NYPD POLICE OFFICER EXITS CUTE LITTLE HOUSE IN BUSHWICK,
-MS OF COPS DISCUSSING CASE ? ON SIDEWALK, DAYTIME EVENT, INVESTIGATION, COPS GO THROUGH GARBAGE, LITTER ON STREETS
-CRIME SCENE UNIT ARRIVES
-STREET SIGN: COVERT ST AND BUSHWICK AVE, SCENE ONLY

01/06/1997
FEMALE SHOT AT 183 ST
520 WEST 183 ST, MANHATTAN, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, SCENE ONLY
-NYPD DETECTIVES AND COPS WALK THROUGH LITTER STREWN ALLEYWAY,
-NYPD CRIME SCENE UNIT INVESTIGATES, LOOKING THROUGH GARBAGE AREA
-BYSTANDERS HANG AROUND AND WATCH
-COP TIES OFF AREA WITH DO NOT CROSS TAPE
-STREET SIGN: W 183 ST AND AUDUBON AVE

01/06/1997
MAN PINNED IN MACHINERY
88 18 ST, SOUTH BROOKLYN, NEAR RED HOOK
-HISPANIC MAN IN AMBULANCE WITH BLOODY HAND IS TREATED BY EMT, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, HAND IS WRAPPED WITH GAUZE
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS AND COPS INVESTIGATE MACHINERY WITH METAL ROLLERS
-EMERGENCY REPSONSE VEHICLES DAYTIME NEAR THE GOWANUS OR BELT
-INJURED MAN TALKS, MOS
-STATEMENT BY FDNY CHIEF ABOUT VICTIM'S HAND IN PRESS MACHINE AND FIREMEN, SHOW OFF LARGE CIRCULAR SAW, POLICE OFFICERS TALK ABOUT RESCUE
-STREET SIGN: 18 ST AND 3 AVE

01/07/1997
CHURCH PASTOR ROBBED
450 67 ST, BROOKLYN, BAY RIDGE
-NYPD POLICE OFFICERS INVESTIGATE CHURCH DOORWAY, POLICE CARS IN FRONT ON BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY
-DIRECTORY FOR THE SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, PASTOR MARY OWENS
-COP CAR 68 PRECINCT, NYPD DETECTIVES ARRIVE, EXT OF BEAUTIFUL STONE CHURCH, DETECTIVES ARRIVE WITH BINDERS AND PHOTOS?
-WOMAN SPEECH ON STREET

01/07/1997
PRESS CONFEENCE
ONE POLICE PLAZA, 2ND FLOOR PRESS ROOM, MANHATTAN
-NYC POLICE COMMISSSIONER HOWARD SAFIR SPEAKS, ABOUT THE ROBBERIES BY AND ARREST OF ANDREW SASS, GUNFIRE, SAFIR THANKS THE OFFICERS STANDING WITH HIM
-SAFIR TAKES QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS, SAFIR TALKS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH PAROLE, WANTS TO ABOLISH PAROLE

01/07/1997
AIRLINE TURBULENCE CAUSES INJURIES
AMERICAN AIRLINES TERMINAL, JFK AIRPORT, QUEENS
-AMERICAN AIRPLANE ON TAXIWAY NEAR TERMINAL, SMALL PLANE TAXIS

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