[RP TownTalk] warning

[Alice Ewen]

I'm going to follow up on this as well. Our Police DO HAVE JURISDICTION, so
you should not have been told this.

Thanks,

Alice

Alice Ewen


On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:47 AM, <bruce.wernek at mindspring.com> wrote:

>  Audrey
>
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> It doesn't make sense to me.  Our police have jurisdiction in Riverdale,
> the park is in Riverdale, yet the dispatcher says they have no
> jurisdiction.  What would our police do if a crime was being committed in
> the park right in front of them, watch?
>
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ABragg7393 at aol.com
> Sent: Jun 11, 2010 9:18 AM
> To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
> Subject: [RP TownTalk] warning
>
> Hi everyone,
> My neighbor told me that a friend of his from Hyattsville was assaulted on
> the Bike Trail, under the E-W Highway bridge on Monday at around 7:30 p.m.
> Nothing was stolen from him, but he was beaten so bad he had to spend the
> night in the hospital.  He says it was a gang of 5 males.  The victim was a
> middle aged man, just out for a bike ride.
> I know many of you walk, bike and run that trail and I thought you should
> know about this.  Also, our police department does not have jurisdiction for
> the park, so it may not be patrolled as well as the rest of the town.
> This was an attack of vicious  rage.  It worries me that this is going on
> so close to my home.
> The other night I got out of my car around 9 p.m. in front of my house and
> a man approached me speaking a language I did not understand.  He was a
> stranger to my neighborhood and I found this unsettling.
> When he saw my friend get out of the car on the otherside, he turned and
> walked away.
> Please be careful.
> If any of the town officials read this, is there someway we can partner
> with the Park Police so that our officers do have some control?
> My neighbor said he went to our police but the dispatcher told him we
> didn't have jurisdiction in the park.
>
> Audrey
>
>
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-- 
Alice C. Ewen
Councilwoman, Ward 1
Town of Riverdale Park MD
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