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Tell the Council what to do about the 12/24 Hour Work Shifts

Posted on October 30, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR MR. AND MRS. AND MS. WHITE PLAINS POLL. October 30, 2009: The Common Council has Friday, Saturday Sunday as the only time left to override Mayor Delfino and direct via a resolution to suspend the present 12 hour work shifts for police patrols and 24-hour firefighter tours of duty and return to the former schedules. If they do not, the 12 and 24 hour shifts become part of the permanent labor agreement. Five members of the Council expressed desire to continue the 12 and 24 hour shifts on an experimental basis last Tuesday evening but did not pass a resolution then to do it, as the Mayor walked out of the council chamber.

The Department of Public Safety Commissioner, Frank Straub presented a glowing report on the first nine months performance of the system, and said he saw no reason to not continue it, as overtime and sick leave had been substantially reduced.

Tell the Common Council what you think they should do in the poll at the right. Vote to suspend or not hold a vote and let the 12 hour and 24 shifts become the permanent practice.

Poll: Astorino within 7 Points of Spano in Siena/RNN Poll. D.A. DiFiori Coasts

Posted on October 30, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2009. From Regional News Network (Edited) October 30, 2009: The Regional News Network, in a news release this evening reported the results of a Siena College poll that Republican Rob Astorino is running stronger than expected against incumbent County Executive Andy Spano as voters prepare to go to the polls Tuesday. RNN reported Thursday evening that Andy Spano leads Mr. Astorino by 48% to 41% and that “undecideds” would decide the election.

In the three-way District Attorney race, incumbent Janet DiFiori is well ahead polling 52% with challenger Dan Schorr, the Republican polling 21% and Independent Tony Castro at 14%.

RNN Television (Regional News Network) and the Siena Research Institute released the results of the only public poll in the race for Westchester County Executive, and Westchester County District Attorney
The results were first made public on the network’s news/talk/opinion program Richard French Live Thursday night at 7pm.

The results in the County Executive race show the Andy Spano lead is 7 points in a county where Democrats hold a huge registration advantage (D: 46.6%; R: 25.5%), and where Spano defeated Astorino by more than 16 points in 2005.

Other areas of note within the poll: Spano, a 3-term incumbent, leads despite a high unfavorable rating (46%); Spano’s favorable/unfavorable split is even more pronounced among unaffiliated voters (34% favorable/60% unfavorable; unaffiliated voters make up 22.2% of the electorate in Westchester County); Astorino though within striking distance, is not known enough by half the voters polled (including 1/3 of Republicans) to form an opinion on Mr. Astorino.

Jim McLaughlin, of the professional polling organization, McLaughlin & Associates was quoted in the RNN news release on the significance of the poll:

“In spite of Andy Spano running the most negative campaign in Wetschester history, 52 percent of Westchester voters are rejecting Spano. Spano is under the all important 50 percent threshold with the electorate. Spano’s negatives are 46 percent overall and a whopping 60 percent with independents. These findings make Spano unelectable to Westchester taxpayers. Clearly the momentum is on Rob Astorino side in the last week, and Astorino is well positioned to win this race.”

Poll specifics are available here.

Council Fails to Call Special Sess Yet to Direct Straub to Kill 12-24

Posted on October 29, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. October 29, 2009: As of 1:15 P.M., the City Clerk Office reports that no Special Meeting of the Common Council has been scheduled either tonight or Friday at this time, indicating that the Common Council despite their concerns, will not take a formal official vote to direct Commissioner of Public Safety Frank Straub to terminate the 12 and 24 hour work schedules for Police and Fire prior to Monday. Otherwise, the 12 and 24 schedules automatically become part of the union agreement.

The Council was under the assumption that their 5 expressions of opposition to making the rules permanent, instead of continuing on an “experimental” basis that were made by Councilpersons Boykin, Lecouona, Malmud, Power and Roach constituted a super majority that the Commissioner should follow, but it was not an official vote. The council would need to schedule two Special Meetings to take an official vote directing Straub to kill the work schedules and revert to the 8 hour schedules of the past.

There has no been no indication yet that Straub will decide on his own to terminate the schedules.

CRIMESTOPPERS: Tip WP Police INSTANTLY SILENTLY by TEXTING tip411:WPPD

Posted on October 29, 2009 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From Daniel Jackson, Deputy Commissioner of Public Safety White Plains. (Edited) October 29, 2009 UPDATED 2:53 P.M. E.D.T.: The White Plains Department of Public Safety is launching tip411, an internet based tool that enables the public to text message an anonymous tip to police, and lets the police respond back creating a two way anonymous “chat”.

To Tip the Police anonymously on sensitive matters of crime and threats, text

tip411

WPPD(space)Type Your Message

Commissioner of Public Safety Dr. Frank Straub in a statement said “We’re proud to be part of a national program that agencies in over 27 States are currently using to enhance public safety. This new capability will help our citizens play an active role in keeping their neighborhoods safer and hopefully engage younger people in the process.”Photo, WPCNR NEWS ARCHIVE.

Anyone with a cell phone can now send an anonymous tip to WPPD by texting to the address tip411, then typing the word WPPD, a space and your message. Its 100% anonymous. CitizenObserver’s technology removes all identifying information before the Police Department sees it so there’s no way to identify the sender.

The system does NOT replace 911 for reporting emergencies. And, this is not a service of twitter, which some readers may have thought based on the first edition of this article.

Reserved exclusively for Public Safety purposes and powered by CitizenObserver, a St. Paul MN company, tip411 puts a powerful new crime fighting tool into the hands of our community for all ages and demographics.

According to Commissioner Frank Straub, Ph.D., this capability is a new paradigm for creating safer communities – especially in reaching out to a younger demographic. “When someone feels afraid to come forward, or simply feels like they don’t want to get involved – this can be a great way to pass information on without fear of retribution.”

CitizenObserver, a St. Paul, MN company founded in 2000, provides web based alerting tools to law enforcement, education, and public safety agencies in over 40 states.

Very Important: The system does not replace 911 for emergencies.