2nd Precinct Advisory Council

Council on Crime and Justice – Speaker
The Council on Crime and Justice is an advocacy group whose mission is to build community capacity to address the causes and consequences of crime and violence through research, demonstration and advocacy. They have been serving others for 54 years. A very interesting group who I expect many of us have not heard about. Here is the website for more information.  www.crimeandjustice.org

Court Watch
Court Watch will start approximately at 7pm. We will review the court progress of the 20 people on our list, who have committed crimes in the 2^nd Precinct.

State of the Precinct – date to be announced soon
There has been a tradition of holding a special community meeting to discuss the State of the 2^nd Precinct each year. This year, Council member Kevin Reich’s Office is coordinating the event with the Chamber – and the date is still open. At this event we would hear the Inspector review last year’s statistics and this years’ goals.

Open to the Public!
The 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meetings are open to the public.  Please join us if you are a resident, business owner, or other stakeholder in the 2^nd Precinct.  We welcome your participation and support.

Dan Scoggins
2PAC President

Please join us for our monthly 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meeting at Monroe Village Apartments Community room, at 1900 Central Avenue NE.

Court Watch
Court Watch will be the main part of our meeting starting approximately at 6:30pm. We will review the court progress of the 20 people on our list, who have committed crimes in the 2^nd Precinct.

Open to the Public!
The 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meetings are open to the public.  Please join us if you are a resident, business owner, or other stakeholder in the 2^nd Precinct.  We welcome your participation and support.

Dan Scoggins

2PAC President

For questions, contact:

Nick Juarez, Crime Prevention Specialist Minneapolis Police Department, 2nd Precinct (612) 673-2797
nicholas.juarez@minneapolismn.gov

Each Christmas Eve, the 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council coordinates a special event for the Minneapolis Police Officers at the 2^nd Precinct. We serve a holiday meal for the officers while they are working over the holiday, providing them with food from noon to midnight on Christmas Eve and storing leftovers for officers working on Christmas day.

We rely on the generosity of local businesses and individuals to provide enough food and volunteer time to make this event happen every year. We are looking for additional volunteers to help ask for food donations, arrange donation pick-ups, and serve food at the Precinct on Christmas Eve.

If you would like to volunteer or donate any items, please contact williamlloyd98@yahoo.com.  Bill Lloyd is our coordinator this year and he is working with other volunteers who make the contact calls to businesses, pick up the food on Christmas Eve morning, and serve the food.  We are also asking for some cash donations to buy paper products, such as to-go containers. Thank you for making this event possible!

Click this link to see the letter you can give to a business to request a food donation.

Don’t miss the chance to run for a seat on the 2PAC Board of Directors this year. Board elections will be held at our next meeting on Monday, December 10th at Monroe Village (1900 Central Ave NE) from 6:00 – 8:00 PM. Serving as a 2PAC Board member is a great way to contribute to your community and promote safety in our neighborhoods. 2PAC is committed to facilitating this collaborative partnership between the 2nd Precinct Police Department and the 19 neighborhoods that make up the precinct. But we cannot do this without your participation.

We urge y0u to step up and run for a position on the Board of Directors this year.

Please email us at courtwatch.2pac@gmail.com if you would like more information on the roles and responsibilities of 2PAC Board Directors and Officers.

Thank you to all who joined us on October 15th for the 2nd Precinct Personal Safety Workshop. A special thanks goes out to Mary Brandl and Dan Melberg for instructing the workshop, helping our community members to better protect themselves from becoming the victim of a crime. We had over 70 people register for the event and around 40 in attendance. The workshop was a great opportunity for Eastside residents to learn valuable insights and skills to defend themselves or, better yet, prevent an attack from occurring in the first place. We are also grateful to Budo Martial Arts for Life for allowing 2PAC to host the workshop in their facility. Please join us at our monthly 2PAC meetings to continue making this the safest precinct to live, work, and visit.

The 2nd Precinct and the 2nd Precinct Advisory Council are sponsoring a Personal Safety workshop on Monday, October 15th, from 6pm to 7:30, at Budo Martial Arts at 1101 Stinson Blvd.

Please join us for our monthly 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meeting at Central Avenue Apartments Community room, at 1900 Central Avenue NE.

Personal Safety Workshop
At our meeting on September 10th, Crime Prevention Specialist Nicholas Juarez will be providing a presentation on personal safety and some highlights of our upcoming October 15th Personal Safety Workshop event.

On October 15^th, the 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council and the 2^nd Precinct Safe Team will be sponsoring a free Personal Safety Workshop, with Mary Brandl a Safety expert. See http://www.beprosafe.com/ for more information on Mary’s presentations on personal safety.

Budo, Inc
1101 Stinson Blvd. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-424-BUDO (2836)
http://ArtofBudo.com

The Personal Safety Workshop will be held at Budo Inc. Thank you to Sensei John Dombeck, President of Budo for providing us the space for this excellent presentation.

Court Watch
Court Watch will be the 2nd part of our meeting starting approximately at 7pm. Thank you for your responses to the impact statement requests to help inform the judicial system on our community expectations for different crimes in our community. Your help does make a difference.

The 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meetings are open to the public.  Please join us if you are a resident, business owner, or other stakeholder in the 2^nd Precinct.  We welcome your participation and support.

Dan Scoggins
2PAC President

Please join us for our monthly 2nd Precinct Advisory Council meeting.  The meeting will take place at Monroe Village, 1900 Central Ave NE.  
 
National Night Out
Nicholas Juarez, our 2nd Precinct Community Crime Prevention Specialist will discuss our 2nd Precinct National Night Out block parties.
 
National Night out is Tuesday, August 7th. Attend your block or neighborhood’s National Night Out events tomorrow, on August 7th, and email Nick any pictures you have. In 2012 Minneapolis has 1360 events registered!  Last year 60,000 residents participated in 1200 events in Minneapolis. The 2nd Precinct is one of the best places for National Night Out events. We want to celebrate all the events in the 2nd Precinct. Here is a link to the City’s National Night Out page for more information. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/nno/

Court Watch
Court Watch will be the 2nd part of our meeting starting approximately at 7pm. We have had several requests for impact statements recently.   Thanks for your responses to the impact statement requests to help advise the judicial system on our community expectations for different crimes in our community. Your help does make a difference.
 
The 2nd Precinct Advisory Council meetings are open to the public.  Please join us if you are a resident, business owner, or other stakeholder in the 2nd Precinct.  We welcome your participation and support.
 
Dan Scoggins
2PAC President

Please join us for our monthly 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meeting.

For the months of April and May we have had a Youth focus – Lt. Andy Smith of the Minneapolis Police juvenile crime answered some basic questions about youth crime for us in April.

We held our Youth Forum at the Salvation Army’s Peter King Community Center in May with panelists from Edison High School, Eastside Neighborhood Services, Minneapolis Parks, and Hennepin County Probation.

We will be presenting our first product from those meetings at our June meeting and talking briefly about next steps.

Reinventing Criminal Justice
At our June meeting, our own 2^nd Precinct Inspector, Bryan Schafer will be sharing his presentation onReinventing Criminal Justice. He has given this presentation to other policy makers and it reflects his observations on the criminal justice system from his time in the Minneapolis Police Departments juvenile division.

Court Watch
Court Watch will be the 2^nd part of our meeting starting approximately at 7pm.

The 2^nd Precinct Advisory Council meetings are open to the public.  Please join us if you are a resident, business owner, or other stakeholder in the 2^nd Precinct.  We welcome your participation.

Dan Scoggins
2PAC President