[Scan-DC] Muslim security force rehabilitates Sursum Corda

[b_thom at juno.com]

"Walkie-talkies" -- probably FRS. Still, it's something to monitor.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/special/2006/sursum0106.html

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Jan. 6–12, 2006
Allah Clear
by Jason Cherkis

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Police have long been unable to control Sursum Corda by themselves.
Tucked between North Capitol Street and New York Avenue NW, its small,
staggered houses, U-shaped design, and narrow one-way streets mean that
only constant watchfulness flushes criminals out of their
well-established trenches. ... So last year, the co-op’s board—newly
flush with cash from developer KSI Services—hired the Fruits of Islam for
$60,000 a month for 24/7 patrols.

On a Tuesday in Sursum Corda, the only major activity amounted to one kid
with a walkie-talkie. He apparently got the device to crack jokes on the
security guards’ frequency. Fruits of Islam guard Leonard Hawkins says he
first heard the kid over his line mutter, “Are you Metropolitan Police?”
....

Hawkins, 60, had spent the day roaming Sursum Corda’s small streets,
keeping the peace with nothing more than his Motorola and his wrinkled
stare. 
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