Important MSC Meeting This Thursday, Nov. 5

Be sure to join us this Thursday, Nov. 5, for a very important Midtown Security Community meeting at Memphis Heritage's Howard Hall, 2282 Madison Avenue. We start at 5:30 with refreshments and networking. Meeting is 6-7:00 with a guaranteed ending time of 7:00.

Our featured speakers will be Col. Billy Garrett, head of Union Station, and Dr. Richard Janikowski, U of M criminologist. They will be discussing the plans for the upcoming "Neighborhood Clean-Up" which will involve the homeless in Midtown in an effort to get them needed social services. This program will be something that all neighborhoods, businesses, churches, schools, and non-profits will want to know about. Please spread the word to your e-mail list and colleagues. We encourage all Midtown churches to have a representative present.

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

Union Station Officer of the Year Recognition Thank You Notes

Please share the celebration of all the good that Union Station police precinct does for Midtown. The entire station under the superb leadership of Col. Billy Garrett was honored at our Oct. 1st meeting at HopeWorks. Union Station 2009 Officer of the Year Chester Anderson was highlighted for his enormous contributions to keeping Midtown safe. Read thank you notes from Col. Garrett and Officer Anderson below followed by our honor roll of Midtown supporters of our 2nd annual Union Station Officer of the Year Recognition Program. You can help encourage this strong community spirit by thanking these donors when you are doing business with them.

Plan to attend our November MSC meeting which will be held at Memphis Heritage's Howard Hall, 2282 Madison, on Thursday, Nov. 5, starting at 5:30 with refreshments and networking. Our program will feature Col. Billy Garrett and Dr. Richard Janikowski talking about a new MPD program for the homeless that you will want to hear about.

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."


To all our friends and business partners:

Thank you for supporting our officers in such an astonishing way. From meeting our equipment needs, honoring our Officer of the Year, to most importantly, providing the personal support and encouragement, you are second to none. When I think about the economic troubles our country is facing and how we are all seeing and some are actually experiencing serious financial issues, I am humbled by it all.

At the end of the day, I reflect and realize it has been worth it all serving the citizens of this community. You are the best!

Col. Billy Garrett
Union Station Police Precinct



Dear Friends:

Please accept my heartfelt thanks to you and all the donors in the Midtown Security Community’s Recognition Program. It is my honor to represent Union Station with compassion and responsiveness to the needs, rights, and expectations of all its citizens in Memphis. I will continue to make great progress in providing safe environments for the citizens of Memphis, while developing strong partnerships within the community.

There is no way I will ever be able to adequately express my appreciation for the gifts. On behalf of me, Colonel Garrett, and Union Station, Thank You!

Sincerely,

Officer C. Anderson
Union Station C-Shift
Union Station 2009 Officer of the Year



MIDTOWN SECURITY COMMUNITY EXPRESSES
GRATEFUL THANKS TO

2009 Union Station Officer of the Year Donors. Please thank these generous donors when you see them and please patronize their businesses.


American Red Cross, 1400 Central
Art Center, 1636 Union
Annesdale Park Neighborhood
Annesdale Snowden and Bhan Thai, 1324 Peabody
Autozone, Corporate Office
The Bar-B-Q Shop Restaurant, 1782 Madison
Breakaway Running, 1997 Union
Burke’s Bookstore, 936 S. Cooper
Cafe 1912, 243 S. Cooper
Cafe Eclectic, 603 N. McLean
Cafe Palladio and Market Central, 2169 Central
Carr Avenue Neighbors (Melrose to Cleveland)
Central Gardens Association
Drake Cleaners, 197 N. Evergreen
The Drum Shop, 878 S. Cooper
Evergreen Historic District Association
Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School, 246 S. Belvedere
Happy Day Laundry, 1649 Union
Hein Park Neighborhood
Holiday Ham, Union Avenue
Huey’s, 1927 Madison
Ike’s, 2145 Union
Beau and Donna Karney
Memphis Medical Medical Center & Chick-Fil-A & Holiday Ham
Memphis Heritage, 2282 Madison
Mercury Valet Cleaners and Laundry, 1798 Madison
Midtown Video, 1604 Union
Mr. Lincoln's Costume Shoppe, 29 S. Florence
Otherlands, 641 Cooper St.
Overton Park Golf Club, Overton Park
Playhouse on the Square, 51 S. Cooper
St. Peter Manor, 108 N. Auburndale
Schnucks, 1761 Union
SunTrust Bank, 1895 Union
Tsunami Restaurant, 928 S. Cooper
The Upper Crust, South Cleveland near Peabody
VECA (Vollentine Evergreen Community Association)
Lee and Mary Linda Wardlaw
WMC-TV, 1960 Union

MSC October Meeting Photos

Photos from the October MSC Meeting, featuring the Union Avenue Precinct Officer of the Year presentation.
Follow this link for pictures.

MSC Meets Today, Thursday, Oct. lst!

Please join us today for our celebration of all the good that Union Station does for us. Officer of the Year Chester Anderson will be our honored guest. We need you to help express our thanks to him as a representative of all that Union Station does for Midtown.

Col. Billy Garrett will be there to give our latest "Crime Stats and Successes." He will be focusing on how to stay aware which is one of the most important tips we can hear. Have you thought about how to stay safe in a restaurant? When you leave a meeting and go out into a parking lot? Col. Garrett has got some great tips.

See you at 5:30 today, Thursday, Oct. l, at HopeWorks (basement of Midtown Church of Christ just west of Channel 5 on Union) for refreshments. Meeting starts at 6:00 and will be over by 7:00 (guaranteed!)

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

A Simple Weekend Security Step to Ease Your Mind

Read "Inventory Helps Recoup Possessions" by Maryanne Macdonald on page M1 in today's (9-25-09) Commercial Appeal. She outlines a simple way to tackle a very important but often daunting task--making a list of your valuables. Colonel Billy Garrett regularly encourages us to do exactly what Maryanne is suggesting. And what better time to take this on than with a full weekend ahead.

Make sure you have our upcoming Midtown Security Community meeting on your calendar. It's next Thursday, Oct. lst (we are aiming for first Thursday meetings starting with his month!) at HopeWorks in the basement of Midtown Church of Christ just west of Channel 5 on Union. Refreshments start at 5:30. Our business meeting is 6-7:00 pm. Col. Billy Garrett will have all the latest on Crime "Stats and Successes" in Midtown. We will honor the Union Station and their Officer of the Year, Officer Chester Anderson.

If you want to be recognized as supporting the Officer of the Year program, please contact me (jfwnc@bellsouth.net) right away. I can give you the details.

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

Best,
Peggy Williamson

Don't Miss MSC Meeting Today, Thurs, Sept. 17

MSC will have a full and interesting agenda this afternoon when we meet. But our guarantee of a "one hour meeting" still holds!

Join us at St. John's Methodist Church, 1207 Peabody, starting at 5:30 pm with refreshments. Meeting begins at 6:00 and will end by 7:00. Park in the lot off of Peabody and west of the church. Then walk toward the church along Peabody. You will see a walkway between the house and the church. Go down walkway and take your first left. There will be a sign pointing you to the Fellowship Hall where we are meeting.

Annesdale Park, Annesdale Snowden, and St. John's Church are co-hosting our meeting. Following the MSC meeting you are cordially invited to attend a meeting starting at 7:00 that the two Annesdale groups will also co-host on the effect of foreclosures on Midtown and resulting security issues. Refreshments will be provided by the two Annesdale neighborhoods and Schnucks for our MSC meeting.

Our MSC program will feature Col. Billy Garrett with an update on a recent armed robbery in Midtown, more information on current "wandering workers," and the latest crime "Stats and Successes." He will introduce us to Officer Jennifer Robinson, the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Officer of the Year for Memphis, who we're proud to say has worked out of Union Station. She will give us a great overview of the CIT program for which Memphis is a national and international model among police forces. You'll also get some dates and a new format for our "Train the Trainers" Crime Prevention Extension Service curriculum training. So get ready for a jam-packed meeting.

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

Exciting MSC Program This Thursday!

We are thrilled to announce that we will have a double-header program this Thursday at our monthly MSC meeting. Col. Billy Garrett, head of Union Station, will be giving us important Midtown crime "Stats and Successes." Also we will welcome Officer Jennifer Robinson, who was selected as Memphis' CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Officer of the Year this past year to talk about the innovative CIT program that our MPD has in place both for supporting citizens in distress. Officer Robinson was chosen as Union Station's CIT Officer of the Year and then went on to be selected as city-wide CIT Officer of the Year.

Our meeting is being co-hosted by Annesdale Park and Annesdale Snowden neighborhoods along with St. John's Methodist Church (corner of Peabody and Bellevue) where we begin on this Thursday, Sept. 17, at 5:30 pm with refreshments. Business meeting is from 6-7 pm.

Following our meeting you are invited to stay for a meeting sponsored by the Annesdale neighborhoods that will focus on the issue of foreclosures and their effect on neighborhood security and property values. Contact Cathy Winterburn, President of Annesdale Park neighborhood (cathywinter@yahoo.com) for more details about this second meeting.

If you are interested in supporting our second annual Union Station Officer of the Year program, please contact Peggy Williamson (jfwnc@bellsouth.net) or see her at Thursday's meeting. We will be honoring our Officer of the Year at our Oct. 1st meeting at HopeWorks.

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

MSC Meeting is on THURSDAY, Sept. 17

Sorry for any confusion on the meeting day of the week. It is next Thursday, Sept. 17, starting at 5:30 pm with refreshments provided by our co-hosts Annesdale Park and Annesdale Snowden neighborhoods. (We will get the blip on our blog changed from Tuesday to Thursday.) We meet at St. John's Methodist Church at the corner of Peabody and Bellevue. Business meeeting is from 6-7:00 pm. Annesdale Park and Annesdale Snowden are sponsoring a meeting starting after the MSC meeting that will focus on mortgage fraud in Midtown and its effect on security and property values.

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

Col. Garrett Asks for Our Help

Col. Billy Garrett, head of Union Station, has sent us information to post about a suspect who has been active in Midtown late at night and early morning hours stealing plasma TVs. We are working on posting photographs that have been taken although the suspect's face in them is not clear. But there may be other details someone would recognize that would help the police.

Information shared includes: African-American male, slender build, caught on security camera breaking out glass doors and taking plasma screen TVs. Wearing black baseball hat with red insignia on front, white t-shirt with what appears to be green and grey design on large portion of the front of t-shirt and no design on the back of the t-shirt. Has on black shorts, white running shoes, and a white bandage on the lower part of his right leg.

If you have any information that could be helpful to Col. Garrett, call Union Station at 636-4600 and tell them you have a tip for Col. Garrett. If you were to see someone you believe to be the suspect, call 545-COPS and push 0 on the menu to get an immediate response.

Come to our MSC meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17, starting at 5:30 pm with refreshments at St. John's Methodist Church, corner of Peabody and Bellevue. Meeting is from 6-7 pm. We will have Col. Billy Garrett and a representative from the Crisis Intervention Team as part of our program. Col. Garrett will have the latest details on the plasma TV thefts as well as other Midtown crime "Stats and Successes."

"Be part of the solution. Help keep Midtown a safe place to live and work."

Cyberwatch Website has been enhanced

If you are already using Cyberwatch- a Blue Crush™ initiative of the Memphis Police Department, to track crime in your area you will notice a new format with more information than in the past.

If you haven't discovered or Cyberwatch yet, you can sign up HERE