The police union immediately criticized the move. After the announcement, the Police Benevolent Association said the change would embolden people to fight cops and resist arrest, because there wouldn’t be someone to immediately back up officers.
Officers standing together at Jamaica Center subway station.New York City police officers will no longer patrol subway stations in pairs, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday.The switch to solo patrols comes at a time of heightened anxiety in the city’s vast public transit system, with nearlyThe mayor, a former NYPD captain, said he used to patrol by himself when he worked in the subways.
It was not a budget decision, the mayor said, but rather a solution that he and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell had agreed to after observing officers while traveling throughout city. He said the commissioner would be sharing additional plans to improve safety in the subways in the coming days. The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for more details and the mayor’s office said it would provide further information at a later date. It's unclear when the policy takes effect.
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