QUEENS — Deputy Inspector Miltiadis Marmara is moving on after more than three years at the helm of the 113th Precinct in South Jamaica, overseeing double-digit drops in overall crime and shootings, police officials said.
In an email sent to community members, Marmara, who started his new job in the Investigations Unit of Patrol Borough Queens South on Monday, said that Capt. Roderick Dantini will serve as the acting Commanding Officer.
“I will never say goodbye since I am still in Queens South,” Marmara wrote in the email. “But I will say 'thank you' and I will have a lifetime of great and positive memories of all the good things we have done as officers and community together.”
Only in the past two years, overall crime in the precinct covers St. Albans, Hollis, Springfield Gardens, South Ozone Park and South Jamaica, decreased by nearly 23 percent in comparison with the same period in 2012 through Sept. 21.
Crime dropped in all major categories in comparison with the same period 2 years ago, including murder, which dropped by more than 62 percent (there have been 6 murders this year), robberies, which decreased by more than 31 percent (170 incidents this year) and burglaries, which went down by more than 29 percent (243 incidents so far).
The number of shootings went down by 10 percent, from 30 last year to 27 this year. It’s 40 percent less than 2 years ago.
Earlier this year, Marmara told DNAinfo New York, that the precinct, which has historically struggled with gangs, drugs and gun violence, made a number of significant arrests, targeting gang leaders.
Last year, the precinct saw the second largest decrease in major crimes, but it still ranked No. 7 in overall crime citywide, Marmara said in February, adding that the precinct is "making headway, but there is still a lot of work to do.”
