Citizen Crime Watch Blog

From 2nd District Commander Kirk Bouyelas:

Attached is the NONPACC Report for December (decembers-nonpacc-report.xls) and a map of the 2nd District (2nd-district-map-20.pdf). Please pass along to your members. Thanks

Major Kirk Bouyelas
Second District Commander
New Orleans Police Department
504.658.6020 (Office)
504.658.6499 (Fax)

And thanks to Thomas Krentel, here’s the November 2nd District NONPACC report (november-2007-nonpacc-stat.pdf), which I hadn’t previously posted.

Captain Jerome Laviolette announces the Seventh District NONPACC Meeting for the month of May.

Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: 14001 Dwyer Blvd. – Mary Queen of Vietnam Parish Community Center

Captain Laviolette and members of the Seventh District will give a presentation on crime in New Orleans East and will be available to address concerns of all members of the community.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday evening. Special thanks to Fr. Vien, Fr. Luke and the staff of Mary Queen of Vietnam Church for their hospitality in hosting this meeting.

Lt. Robert G.Gostl
New Orleans Police Department
Seventh District Integrity Control Officer
504-329-9569
RGGostl@CityOfNO.com

Below are Tom Jacobsen’s notes from the 2nd District NONPACC meeting held on 4/17/07 (HT: Julie Graybill and Bob Smith). The handout can be downloaded here (nonpacc_2nd_20070417.pdf).

This evening’s meeting was presided over by Captain Bouyelas. Officers Staehle and Eddington were also in attendance.

The captain opened the meeting by talking about the district’s revived “officer of the month” program. The program is being subsidized by COPS II, which was represented at the meeting by its president. The latter gave a brief history of the organization, which was started about 1990, and its objectives. We should all become members of this group, in my humble opinion. They do good work for the officers of the Second District.

Captain Bouyelas then announced the recipients of the first officers of the month for this year: Officer Elif Oliver (January) and Sgt. Wade Bowser (February). Both officers expressed their appreciation for the honors.

The captain then went on to discuss some statistics for the month of March. About 5,900 service calls were answered (most in the city) and 1,300 reports were filed (second most). The sum total of crimes in our immediate neighborhood (Zone C) in March was two residence burglaries and four thefts. As always, be ever vigilant and report all suspicious activity to the police.

The current force in the Second District is 104 officers (more than any other district) plus 9 new recruits (who will become permanent members of the force after their 4 months of training). Yet the total number of officers in the district is still below pre-Katrina levels.

The captain discussed a series of serious robberies in the district and successes in apprehending the culprits. None of these incidents took place in our neighborhood, however.

Bob Smith raised a question about the recent drug-related shooting on Austerlitz St. and the drug activity in that area. Bouyelas indicated that he has enlisted the help of the FBI in dealing with this “hot spot,” as he called it, and they are addressing the problem together. An analogous situation in the 3800 block of Constance St. is also being addressed.

The question of security cameras in our neighborhood was raised once again. Bouyelas said that, while he frankly does not consider them “a be-all and end-all” in crime fighting, he continues to work towards getting them installed and working.

Several people in the large crowd again talked about the ineffective responses that they have gotten when they called 911. Bouyelas acknowledged the problem and said that we should continue to call that number first. If there is not a satisfactory response, we should then try 822-1111 (Crime Stoppers). And if that fails to bring the desired response to call the District Two station at 658-6020. And remember, the captain’s email address is: KMBouyelas@cityofno.com.

Among others from our neighborhood in attendance at this evening’s meeting were Bob and Julie Smith. They may be able to amplify and/or clarify the above remarks.

Cordially,
Tom Jacobsen

Capt. Bouyelas later responded:

Just one correction. In emergencies call 911. In non-emergencies call 821-2222. While you can certainly call Crimestoppers with information on crimes in your area, you must call either 911 or 821-2222 for the police to respond. Thanks

Next 2nd District NONPACC meeting: Tuesday, May 15, 7:00. One of the 2nd Floor meeting rooms at Touro.

My own impression of the new 2nd District captain, Kirk Bouyelas, is exceptionally positive. He’s very forthcoming with information, and patiently listens to citizens. One of the most exciting things he talked about was his idea to send “email blasts” to 2nd District residents to alert them about crimes, to provide crime prevention tips, and to celebrate successes. It’s a great idea! This should start on Monday.

Here’s the handout for the meeting, containing crime stats for February:

NONPACC Meeting Notes, 3/20/07

2nd District Hot Sheet (thanks Julie)

Julie Graybill graciously provided these notes from the 2nd District NONPACC meeting this week.

Hi Neighbors,

Last night Bob and I attended the monthly NONPACC meeting. (Meeting with citizens and the 2nd District police). Tom Jacobsen, who usually attends, was unavailable. But he should be back next month.

We met the new Capt. of the 2nd District - Capt. Kirk Bouyelas who replaced Capt. Hosli.. Phone - 658-6020.
Fax - 658-6499 email - kmbouyelas@cityofno.com

One good thing - Edgar Staehle, the Quality of Life Officer, has now been given 1/2 (not all) of the 2nd District - since the 2nd District is so huge. His email is EStaehle@cityofno.com

Capt. Bouyelas talked about his new plan of sending out an “Email blast” to neighborhood leaders: 1. whenever there is. crime in our ‘hood; 2. with crime prevention tips; 3. with success stories around the area. I will forward these onto to you.

Of course, he was asked about the cameras. (Every meeting we talk about the cameras that don’t work). Capt. Bouyelas said 8 cameras in our district are working. 15-20 more should be working by May 18. We’ll see…

He passed out a listing of crime stats for February. Our zone (”C”) had very little reported crime for the month of Feb.

He also passed out NOPD 2nd District HOT SHEETS (I haven’t seen these in years). You can fill out a HOT SHEET and mail, hand deliver or fax to NOPD at 658-4764. On it you can list drug dealing locations, trees that need trimming, abandoned cars, excess loitering, etc. etc.

Feel free to email and I can either fax you a HOT SHEET or I will be happy to put some in your mailbox. (email me your fax number or your home address).

Next NONPACC meeting is Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00 (always the 3rd Tuesday of the month).

Julie Graybill
Secretary, Faubourg Marengo Neighborhood Association