Urban League Doubles Down on Pop-Up Parties, Honors Retiring TPD Deputy Chief

The same message just a week apart from the Tallahassee Urban League (Tallahassee, FL).

“To our young people, don’t give in to peer pressure. Just because your friends are going don’t mean that you need to go,” said Urban League President and CEO, Curtis Taylor.

Taylor stood in front of dozens of elected officials and law enforcement, once again asking for the community to work towards a reduction of gun violence.

Taylor stood in front of the same lectern a week earlier, asking parents to pay particular attention to where their kids were spending the wee hours of the night.

Several shootings have taken place at so-called ‘pop-up parties’ in Tallahassee the past few weeks.

Thursday (June 18th), the Urban League noted the last week had been quiet and thanked the Tallahassee Police Department, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office and others for their work to make that happen.

“We’re doing extra patrols watching the areas where we know we have issues,” Chief Revell said. “We’ve set up cameras in those situations. We used drones this weekend which we think were a big help and deterrent and we will continue to do that.”

Chief Revell invited anyone who sees a large gathering during the overnight hours to call the non-emergency TPD line at 850-606-5800 to let officers know.

The Urban League also took the time to honor a high-profile TPD officer on the way out.

Chief Deputy Maurice Holmes received the first-ever Presidents Award from the Urban League.

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