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Guardian Angels hold first recruitment in Riverhead, at Spanish church service
Urging residents to get involved, to show solidarity as a community and help police prevent crime by being their eyes and ears, a Guardian Angels leader, spoke last night before more than 500 people at St. John the Evangelist’s Spanish Mass.
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Where are the Guardian Angels? After nun says ‘nobody knows they exist,’ Curtis Sliwa explains
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa responds to comments by Sister Margaret Smith last week about the group's lack of visibility in Riverhead.
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Uneasy stares and happy handshakes: Guardian Angels begin Riverhead patrol
Guardian Angels patrolling in the area of the Riverhead railroad station and courthouses Wednesday afternoon turned heads on the streets. They were greeted enthusiastically by some and warily by others along Railroad Avenue, where another violent mugging occurred early Sunday morning.
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Downtown businesses say ‘no’ to Guardian Angels, but owners near LIRR station say they’d welcome patrols
The Riverhead BID board is taking a public stance against Guardian Angel patrols, saying they will tarnish Riverhead's image, but owners in the area surrounding the railroad station — where Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa says the group will target — believe their presence will deter crime.
Guest Column
Opinion: How to make Main Street safe (and it’s not the Guardian Angels)
Retired Riverhead Police Det. Tim Hubbard speaks his mind on what's needed to tackle public safety issues downtown: better deployment of cops, stepped-up code enforcement and holding absentee landlords accountable — not the Guardian Angels. (Opinion column.)
Community News
An Angel among us: Riverhead restaurant owner talks about his time as a Guardian Angel in New York City
John Mantzopoulos, who was a member of the group in the mid-1980s in NYC, says he doesn't believe the Guardian Angels are needed in Riverhead, where the Latino gang problem is not as much of a problem as some think.
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Move to bring Guardian Angels to Riverhead brings backlash from police union, town board and BID
Riverhead officials and the presidents of the town police union and BID say the Guardian Angels are not needed here and will just contribute to an already negative perception of downtown Riverhead.
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Guardian Angels in Riverhead for police meeting, tour; set to begin local recruiting and patrols this month
After a meeting with Riverhead brass at PD headquarters yesterday and a tour of the town with a police lieutenant, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa says his group will begin local recruiting and patrols in Riverhead before the end of this month.
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Guardian Angels set to begin patrolling Riverhead streets by end of this month
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa and Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter both say the group, which has established successful patrols in Greenport, will begin Riverhead patrols by month’s end.
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Riverhead officials meet with Guardian Angels founder to discuss local patrols, outreach to Latino community
Riverhead Supervisor Sean Walter says some local officials on the East End have their heads in the sand and need to 'wake up and smell the coffee' on the gang issue. The Guardian Angels, 'like community watch on steroids' can provide valuable inroads for communication with Hispanic population, he says.