It's not about neighborhood issues, but Hilary's complaint reminded me of my
own, which is now two years old.

The police did absolutely NOTHING about a road rage incident where a big
beefy guy came out of his car (during a totally nonmoving traffic jam) and
HIT ME (I'm a little bitty female), then STOLE THE KEYS out of my ignition
and THREW THEM OVER THE EMBANKMENT into the night, then continued to
THREATEN AND HARRASS me for about  20 more minutes until we started moving
again.

We had witnesses, license number, vehicle ID, etc.  I reported it at the
substation.  Nothing.  I followed up with HPD over a period of weeks.
Nothing.  Even went downtown to their office.  Nothing.  Annise Parker even
got pissed off over the story, and tried to use her influence with the cops.
NOTHING.

"To Serve and Protect"   Yeah.  Sure.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Gonzales" <edgonzales@ev1.net>
To: <emca@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: *EMCA* Neglected vacant lots


>
> Hilary,
>
> I'm sorry that you had that experience w/ the HPD storefront.
>
> The guy in charge of the storefront is Sgt. Vollert. Call the storefront
> again (713-284-8604) during the weekday and ask for him or Officer Sobota.
> They now have the ability to write citations on neighborhood issues like
> vacant lots.
>
> Also, when you talk w/ Sgt. Vollert, give him the time(s) you called
before
> and he'll find the officer that gave you the poor response.
>
> If anything, send me the addresses of the vacant lots and I'll take it
> personally to Sgt. Vollert, since I'm there every week about something..
And
> this is one of those things, the public's (us) perception of how they
(HPD)
> is perceived in fulfilling their community outreach role by having a
> location in the neighborhood. Sometimes it doesn't click, and the Sgt. and
I
> want to know why.
>
> At this Tuesday night's Neartown meeting (7pm - Cherryhurst Park Community
> Center) HPD senior officers will be there to give a preliminary report on
> the enhanced police presence and foot patrols project in our area. Your
> opportunity again to describe the response you received and anything else.
>
> Thanks
>
>  Ed Gonzales
> Neartown Association, 2001 president
> Neartown CDC, chairman
> 713-526-2759        pg713-616-0800
> fax713-529-4592   edgonzales@EV1.net
> 1518 Morse, Houston, Tx  77019
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hilary Smith" <hsmith3@attglobal.net>
> To: <emca@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 5:33 PM
> Subject: Re: *EMCA* Neglected vacant lots
>
>
> > I tried the e-mail address at the Neartown site:
> > wsthmrsf@hpd.ci.houston.tx.us and it didn't work.  I've called over
their
> > twice and each time I reached some spaced out guy, not the same one, who
> > didn't know what I was talking about.  I think the storefronts are just
an
> > expensive public relations gimmick.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:01 AM 9/19/2001 EDT, you wrote:
> > >Hillary -
> > >
> > >You can call the Rat on a Rat number under the city listings in the
phone
> > >book.  In addition, you can make an online complaint at the storefront.
> You
> > >can access the storefront site through the Neartown site.
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > Hilary Smith
> > 712 Bomar St.
> > Houston TX  77006-1316
> > 713.523.0559
> > Fax: 713.523.3928
> > Website: http://pws.prserv.net/hilary
> >
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