The note below from the Commander does not relate to Highland Park, but it is interesting.

 

Best regards,

 

Monica

 

Monica Watt

President, Highland Park Community Council

Editor, HPCC Newsletter

Co-Chair, House Tour Committee

Co-Chair, Playground Committee

Member, Beautification Committee

 

President

ESP Studios

625 Liberty Avenue, 24th FL

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412.642.7700 v

412.642.2277 f

412.980.4208 c

monica.watt@elias-savion.com

 

 

From: Lando, Jason
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 1:26 PM
To: Jason Lando <jason.lando@pittsburghpa.gov>
Subject: Zone 5's Weekly Community Crime Update

 

Greetings, Zone 5 Neighbors!

 

Here is your weekly Community Crime Update.

 

For our Homewood neighbors, you should notice an increased police presence in the area of last week's shooting in the 7300 block of Idlewild & Kelly Streets. Our Community Resource Officers (CRO's) will be working in your neighborhood all week, as will our plainclothes officers, and our Special Deployment Division (SDD) has assigned some motorcycles to provide additional patrols in the area due to the increased violence. 

 

One other thing... starting next week, you will notice the term "VPI Officers" used in the weekly updates. VPI stands for "Violence Prevention and Intelligence." These are the officers that work in plainclothes but are specifically tasked with handling the firearms and narcotics investigations at each zone. 

 

That's all for now... have a safe week!

 

Jason

 

--

Cmdr. Jason Lando

Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

Zone 5 Station

1401 Washington Blvd

Pittsburgh, PA 15206

 

 

"The most miserable people are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest are those who lose themselves in the service of others."  - Gordon B. Hinkley