The city will deploy 250 extra police officers to the subways, bringing the number of cops patrolling the system to the highest level in the NYPD Transit Bureau’s 26-year history, Mayor de Blasio said Monday.
With the new increase, the mayor said there’ll be about 3,250 NYPD transit cops. That figure also includes desk cops or supervisors who aren’t in the field, an NYPD spokesman noted.
The 250 additional cops won’t work full eight-hour shifts on subway patrol. They’ll walk the system for a couple hours during the morning and evening rush, earning overtime on top of their regular shifts in some cases, the police spokesman said.
The expansion comes as 24/7 subway service resumed Monday for the first time since May 6, 2020, when Gov. Cuomo ordered the system closed to passengers overnight to remove homeless riders. Its announcement also follows a series of violent incidents, including a Friday rampage in which five straphangers were assaulted during a horrifying stabbing spree.
“Anyone who commits an offense on the subways will be found, will be prosecuted, will be held accountable,” de Blasio said at a press conference, adding: “We’re going to take officers and put them in right places in the subways at the right time, particularly at peak times of ridership.”
7 comments:
While all the cops are underground, the criminals will just be above ground. When will mayor dumbdumb and idiot Cuomo ever admit that their SHITTY bail reform program was a danger to society?
The NYS bail reform program is the major cause for the increase in crime.
Even a dope from Park Slope would know that high as hell on weed !
“I love the deBozio administration”
-Said no one ever...
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah ! Once upon a time in NYC there was the Transit Police, but to save money for themselves, the politicians abolished it. What a wonderful town, full of inert citizens.
“I love the deBozio administration”
-Said no one ever...
not true at all - he is the darling of the woke and bike nuts. he is in office because of them.
Just make sure THIER diverse,under 5ft,have rainbow flag tattoos and nose rings
"When will mayor dumbdumb and idiot Cuomo ever admit that their SHITTY bail reform program was a danger to society?"
NEVER!!
They will NEVER admit it was a FAILURE for Society.
That will be a Major BLOW to their MASSIVE EGO and Public Image!
Unfortunately, it did not hurt Cuomo's pockets with his $ 5 million dollar book deal.
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