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Following is the summary of  PSA 305 Meeting for October 4, 2011

The U Street Neighborhood Association Public Safety Committee provides summaries of the monthly PSA 305 meetings. We welcome feedback/questions/concerns regarding our summaries and other U Street Neighborhood Association public safety issues. Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The PSA 305 meeting on October 4, 2011 was attended by representatives from city agencies and community groups including:

• MPD: Lt. Jova (202-671-7357, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), Marco Santiago

• U.S. Attorney's Office: no representation

• CSOSA: Mr. Joseph Alston

• Howard University Police: no representation

• ANC 1B: no representation

• Mayor's Office of Community Relations and Services: no representation

• Councilmember Graham's Office: Ethan Arnheim, Media and Communications Director

• LeDroit Park Civic Association: Jana Baldwin

• Westminster Neighborhood Association: no representation

• U Street Neighborhood Association: Sushupta Sudarshan

• 9:30 Club – Karim Karefa-Smart

During the meeting, the following current crime issues and follow-up items from previous meetings were discussed:

• Lt. Jova provided the current statistics, as shown below.

• Although crime is down overall, robberies have increased. Most of the robberies do not involve a gun, but they do involve force and violence. Most of the robbery victims were white women speaking on iPhones. There was also a brutal attack on a construction worker early in the morning in front of the Howard Theater. The suspects are typically 17-21 years old and they are on bikes.

• Lt. Jova noted that his focus areas in PSA 305 are U St and the 7th and T St area.

• Officer Larry Garrett spoke of arrests involving prescription drugs at the 1900 block of 8th St.

• There was a discussion of the Flea Market at 9th and U St and criminal issues that seem to relate to the Flea Market.

• Joe Alston of CSOSA introduced himself to the group. He will be involved in following up on CSOSA PSA 305 issues.

• There was a discussion of coordinating the efforts of DYRS and MPD.

• Ethan Arnheim mentioned that CM Graham was planning a roundtable discussion regarding DYRS.

• Although CM Graham reportedly had a meeting regarding the issue of reimburseable details on the 1900 block of 9th St, there has been no resolution.

• There were no updates on the issue of crime relating to the Lincoln Westmoreland complex.