Trespass arrests!!

Lately there have many trespassing arrests that are coming from the housing projects. In fact, on April 13th, 2007, the New York Department said that was a criminal complaint and a separate sworn affidavit as the place an officer arrested two people for trespassing on an address that did not exist in Washington Heights. They have been searching on this case for three days, and then they found out that the address that was given was no where found in Washington Heights. Police states that they don’t have a reason of why Officer Roberto Argaluza of 34th Precinct gave a complaint of Franklin Santana, 17, and Amurys Alcides, 21, were trespassing inside a building of 560 w. 182 ST. In addition, the 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care and the Latino Officers Association states that since 2002 there have been 25 percent of trespassing arrests. The NYPD spokesman Paul Browne says, “arrests for trespass, which are often violations and not solely criminal, are unrelated to revenue or quotas.” In fact, people have been caught selling drugs outside and this could also lead to an arrest for trespassing. The Legal Aid lawyers states that policemen usually make arrests without checking to see whether the suspect is lying or saying the truth when they say they are visiting a friend or a family member in the building.” Police said their trespassing initiative is an effective way to rid housing projects and private apartment buildings of drug dealers and other troublemakers.” http://www.norwalkadvocate.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nytres135169248apr13,0,2500877.story