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Page 14 PHOENIX April 11, 1974^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiimiel T *%.*%u00bb%u00bb* S %u2022%u00ab% 4 7 O -4 L* %u2022 A AI I s* 4-! V / I f l u u i h i i iic r / k j i s i . r~\\ T h 7 A AA - V VQ ^ a n / %u2022w i w i y ,| in the Life Of Two Local Cops | Survival StruggleBY STAN MONGINLast Wednesday was a quiet night in the 78 Precinct. As a Civilian Observer I accompanied Police Officers John Caramicoand John Breslin along with Sergeant Dan Grossane from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. We patrolled the Neighborhood Police Team Area in sector %u201c Boy%u201d car. TheNPT area is composed of two sectors bounded by Prospect Park West, Third Street, Fifth Avenue, and Sterling Place. Thisisabout one-quarter of the precinct%u2019s area, and contains over one-third of the population.My %u201c observing%u201d started after an indoctrination by Sergeant Grossane &who was brown-bagging his dinner) at the Precinct House on Sixth Avenue and Bergen Street. He introduced me to Police Officers John %u201c the Italian%u201d and John %u201c the Irish%u201d after their supper break. Then we started off.8:15 p.m. Our first call, %u201c Man hit by car-Park and Flatbush.%u2019 %u2019 We were on Flatbush at Sterling Place heading south, so a U-turn brought us to Park Place in less than a minute. Passersby on the scene said that a man fell while walking his dog and had left the scene. Wecruisedafew blocks looking for him, then resumed patrol.3:30 p.m. Call for an %u201c assist%u201d of the %u201c Dean Street Special%u201d patrol car which had stopped a %u2018 ' pimpmobile%u201d at Park Place and Sixth Avenue for a trafficStan Mongin and the men of %u201c Boy%u201d car.violation; we were a backup.No action required.8:4fe p.m %u201c Family dispute, Apartment ------, St.John%u2019s Place and F ifth Avenue.%u201d It was a husband/wife argument whose participants were known to both police officers from sim ilar previous calls. Getting cursed, slapped and kicked is part of separating those involved in family disputes, and John Breslin sustained some of each. A diplomatic touch brought calm to the apartment.9:15 p.m. Next over to First Street and Sixth Avenue to settle a cab-fare problem between a taxi from Manhattan and his rider, who apparently had been drinking. M atter settled; everyone happy.9:20 p.m. Back to St. John%u2019s Place and Fifth Avenue again in response to a call of %u201c assault in progress on street.%u201d Immediately the two Johns thought of the earlier family dispute andtheir confidence in themselves as diplom ats fell drastically. But the call was unfounded; no trouble discovered.9:25 p.m. %u201c The corner of Livingston and Flatbush for a cardiac victim in a car,%u201d said the radio. Upon arrival, car owner gone; a shop owner said the man drove off. Case closed.The rest of the evening was spent cruising, backing calls to other sector cars, and writing summonses for double-parking and parking at hydrants.Last Wednesday, the 78 Precinct%u2019s population of 55,000 people did not require much police action, and sector car %u201c Boy%u201d had no %u201c coopers.%u201dStan Mongin, a resident of Park Place, is president of the 78th Precinct Community Council.Continued fro m Page 4erv is strained. There are breakdowns. And during the worst times, spring and summer, the maintenance shops are busy w'ith the public swimming pools and tennis courts. It%u2019s hard to get anyone out here.%u201dA zoo was originally built in the 1870%u2019s on the hill that Mr. Blomquist describes. When the zoo was enlarged, it was moved to its present site in 1935. The Friends of Prospect Park, a citizens group, is a staunch defender of the parkland. The group fought bitterly the building of the Children's Farm in 1970 and would probably oppose any future plans for expansion of the Zoo.While the Lehman Children%u2019s Zoo in Central Park is open year- 'round, the Children%u2019s Farm, which was established as a gift from Abraham & Straus, is open only during the summer months. In order to remain open all year, Mr. Blomquist says, the farm buildings would require a heating system and seven regular and two senior keepers would be needed. There is only one full-time senior keeper for the Farm now, and temporary keepers are hired in the summer.Mr. Blomquist has put in an order for five seals and he hopes they will arrive in April or May, which he says is the best time for young seals to survive transport and transition to the seal pool. %u201c We%u2019ve lost them in the past because they came in just before the winter. They couldn%u2019t survive. We asked for spring delivery for the last three, but we got them in the fall. Only Bucky, the male, lived.%u201dThe seal pool now is empty. Bucky, according to Mr. Blomquist, died of peritonitis, an inflammation of the abdominal linaround here sometimes until 9 o'clock.%u201d The Zoo officially closes at 5 p.m.There are some optimistic notes. In 1972, Congress passed a lawrequiring all zoos, public and private, to be enclosed with a 16-foothigh fence. Donald Simon, Curator of Prospect Park, could not say if Congress had set a date for compliance with the new regulation. He added, however, that all zoos are licensed by the Federal Government.The Carousel, which has been virtually inoperable during the last two years, is undergoing a massive renovation, and should be working again in June, (restaurant Associates has the carousel concession. Mr. Blomquist has just received word that a bid has been placed with the City for the pony ride concession. The last concessionnaire had to give up because when the track was extended around the Children's Farm, the ponies balked and sbyed going past the farm animals.Mr. Blomquist has also put in a requisition for logs and branches for the big cats. %u201c We%u2019ll just have to wait, and cross our fingers.%u201dPublic BathHouse GoesPrivate= mg-=niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiinl%u201c When we cleaned out the seal pool, we found 15 wire mesh trash baskets and 30 metal milk boxes.%u201d The milk boxes are stored outside the cafeteria. %u201c Now that kind of vandalism could only be done at night. 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