The sequence of photos below illustrates our overnight actvities this morning between 2am - 3am to deter people from sleeping at the kiosk. P.O. Beck and P.O. Clavel encouraged 11 homeless people to move-on...they encountered no resistance.
P.O. Dave Rodgers keeps a close watch on the kiosk and plaza area:
The vagrant illustrated below was observed this morning and apprehended by P.O. Steven Beck. This particular actor has a history of panhandling and has been arested previously. He was encouraged to leave the district and was escorted outside of the district by P.O. Beck.
The male illustrated below is another consistent inhabitant of the kiosk.
The two individuals illustrated below are consistent inhabitants of the kiosk area. The male on the right frequently sleeps next to the kiosk during the summer months.
The individual illustrated below was issued a summons on Monday for panhandling in front PS 11 on Bergen Avenue, she is also known to panhandle in front of the post office.
This individual was removed from in front of Wachovia Bank this morning, I discovered him sleeping...he appeared to be unconcious, I called EMS and they responded quickly...under 2 minutes...he was in bad shape, it took a few minutes before he could even open his eyes...EMS was finally able to get him to respond and they lifted him up and put him on the stretcher.
The vagrant illustrated to the left was escorted out of Dunkin Donuts by Ambassador Jamal Robinson and myself at the request of the Manager. The Manager had indicated that he had not made a purchase and that he had taken a coffee cup out of the garbage to make it appear as though he bought something. P.O. Dave Rogers from the S.I.D detail was contacted by me for assistance but the actor moved-on quickly, before the P.O. could arrive...police response time was less than 5 minutes. I have asked the Manager at Dunkin Donuts to place a sign in the dining area indicating that seating is for customers only, currently he does not have such a sign posted anywhere.
A vagrant was hauled away in an ambulance after he passed out and we were unable to revive him...a friend of his indicated that he had consumed 5 Xanax pills before passing out.