Brooklyn Bike Patrol will be patroling tonight!

We will be on patrol tonight between 7pm-10pm. Anyone who wants to join can meet me @ the fountain @ Grand Army Plaza. But we need more volunteers, please contact me by calling 718-744-7592 or emailing me @ [email hidden] the more volunteers we have the better we can patrol our community. lets keep Brooklyn safe. You can make a difference, thank you!

Thanks for doing this! My block association has been talking about doing a neighborhood watch type thing but it hasn't taken off yet. Stay safe!

thank you so much!!!

From Facebook group "Safe Slope":

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The CB 7 Safety Committee is meeting tomorrow. The focus of this meeting will be the sexual assaults.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 @ 6:30pm

HOLY NAME PARISH, SHEPHARD'S HALL

245 PROSPECT PARK WEST, Bet. Windsor Place & Prospect Avenue

The 72nd Pct. will be there to give the community an update, discuss next steps and answer questions/concerns.

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You can try to get the word out there as well.

and/or, work in close collaboration with their efforts.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2011/09/20/2011-09-20_breaking_the_cycle_bikers_offer_to_escort_women_home_after_spate_of_attacks.html?r=ny_local/brooklyn

Yo Rocket! Great job, you are an inspiration.

In order to avoid duplicate posts, let me just sticky this to the front page of brooklynian. That way you can update it and everyone can see the great work you are doing. :thumright:

http://gothamist.com/2011/09/20/following_sexual_assaults_cyclists.php

Hello Everyone I will be giving out tshirts to volunteers on Friday @ 7:30pm but I giving them out to the volunteers that will be donating @ least a couple of times a week! IF i can have 5teams of 3's we can patrol PARK SLOPE AND PROSPECT HEIGHTS!! EVERYDAY WE WILL BE @ GRAND ARMY PLAZA FOUNTAIN! 3 TEAMS WILL PATROL PARK SLOPES AND 2 TEAMS CAN PATROL PROSPECT HEIGHTS!! AND IF WE HAVE MORE WE CAN STATIONS PEOPLE @ SUBWAYS STOPS PASSING OUT FLYERS AND TELLING PEOPLE WHO WE ARE!! LETS KEEP BROOKLYN SAFE!!! PLEASE VOLUNTEER!REMEMBER IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT MAY WANT AN ESCORT WE ARE HERE!!! CALL ME 7178-744-7592 OR EMAIL ME [email hidden] OR TWITTER ME @ JAY ROCKET RUIZ

Brooklyn bike patrol FACEBOOK PAGE IS DONE!! PLEASE PUT LIKE ON IT!!!

Hello everyone, this idea of my of creating the bike patrol is starting to pick up steam. People been very nice and gracious and very supportive. When people see us at subways stations they been asking us to escort them home. But we need more volunteers. I will be @ Grand Army Plaza tonight at 730pm like I do every night. We have t-shirts bearing our name (Brooklyn Bike Patrol) they also have the Saint Francis church sports logo who was so great to donate these t-shirts They are bright yellow with black letters front and back! If you want to volunteers bring bring your driver license and need to have a cell phone. You must also agree to let all information we take will be shared with the 72nd precinct and any other precinct in the area. Hope I get a big turn out tonight. The feeling I get when I walk someone home safe is priceless!

Rocket Ruiz said:

The feeling I get when I walk someone home safe is priceless!

You get any digits? Fess up you sly dog.

SlopeDuder said:

You get any digits? Fess up you sly dog.

Not if he doesn't want to be a crime victim himself

Haha...and the wife chimes in.

Are any of the volunteers single? There should be an option for women to request a single guy

But seriously, this is a great thing they are doing. I've passed the info on to my female friends who weren't already aware of it. Don't be shy about calling, ladies--they are happy to help.

Stacy = NASA

She controls the rocket.

whynot_31 said:

Stacy = NASA

She controls the rocket.

How long have you been waiting for someone to set you up for that zinger?

When I am in the right mood, these things just come to me.

I hope Rocket posts next

SUMKINDADOPE!! -Y

From Jezebel:

http://jezebel.com/5845451/brooklyn-cops-offer-anti+rape-clothing-advice

Brooklyn Cops Offer Helpful Anti-Rape Clothing Advice

A series of sexual assaults in the South Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn have residents scared. The cops' solution: don't wear skirts.

....Yada yada cops told some ladies not to wear skirts because they would be targeted which is stupid, but we know that already...

On the bright side, one Jay "Rocket" Ruiz has taken matters into his own hands. He's organized the Brooklyn Bike Patrol, whose volunteers escort women home from 11 subway stations. He says, "We just want to get people home safe." He tells the Journal that his name is a "stage name," so it's hard to say who his mild-mannered alter ego is, but my money is on someone with glasses.

EVERYONE KNOWS I'M BATMAN!!!

THE BROOKLYN BIKE PATROL IS DEDICATED TO MAKING THE WOMEN OF BROOKLYN FEEL SAFE AS THEY TRAVEL FROM THE TRAIN STATIONS TO THEIR HOMES IN THE EVENING HOURS, 7 DAYS A WEEK. JUST CALL US AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE YOU BOAR YOUR TRAIN AND ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WILL BE WAITING TO MEET YOU AND ESCORT YOU HOME SAFELY . WE SERVICE 18 VARIOUS TRAIN STOPS IN BROOKLYN INCLUDING PARK SLOPE ,SUNSET PARK, KENSINGTON,WINDSOR TERRACE,PROSPECT HEIGHTS AND CARROL GARDENS . ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PERSONA INFORMATION TO THE 72ND PRECINCT AND THEIR PICTURES CAN BE FOUND ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT www.facebook.com/BROOKLYNBIKEPATROL