Posted on 06/17/2020 8:34:21 AM PDT by lowbridge
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea signaled Tuesday that he’s open to the department ending its role in school safety enforcement — less than a week after Mayor Bill de Blasio said cops should stay in schools.
“I think everyone has to cut,” Shea told The Associated Press when asked about calls for belt-tightening, first necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic, then exacerbated by a wave of police reform since the police-custody killing of George Floyd.
“I think we’re going to be forced to do difficult things,” continued the top cop. “We certainly get that.”
Among the tough cuts Shea told the AP he was willing to make was pulling up the NYPD’s stakes in city schools and traffic enforcement, which together account for about $500 million of the department’s nearly $6 billion budget.
While de Blasio said last week that he was open to cops getting out of parking enforcement, he voiced reservations about pulling the Finest out of schools.
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GOOD!!
They always victimize the children first.
Am I the only one who sees that all of this is being done for the drug cartels?
Duh who profits from less police, no police presences in poor neighborhoods, no cops in schools?
Follow the drug money it’s a major part of this.
While de Blasio said last week that he was open to cops getting out of parking enforcement, he voiced reservations about pulling the Finest out of schools.
Next up, a.k.a. DeBlasio and Fredo's Brother will "Zoom" all public schools, starting a big fight with some unions. The unions will lose, unemployment will rise.
Right ..until there is another school shooting.....WOW....how stupid new yarkers are!!
Hey N.Y. you deserve what you get when you elect shit
What about school shootings???? I thought we were protecting the kids?
It’s not even about shootings which are very rare but instead the day to day violence that the police help protect against in schools. It basically will become open season on weaker kids and teachers.
Yep that will be NEXT remove the cops from schools AND the next school shooting happens THEN the screaming for gun control begins!! Don’t you remember how this game works ALL in an election year!!
Social workers can replace them....
The left did not want cops in schools after the school shootings. They’re just acting on their wish. They actually want more school shootings and more kids dead, so they can use that as an excuse to seize guns from the good guys. Yes they do.
I wonder what the teachers think of this?
Are NYC schools open ??
Setting up for school massacres? I put nothing past LIBs/DIMs/Leftists.
“Am I the only one who sees that all of this is being done for the drug cartels?”
So far.
Not that i know of
Then the police are not needed there anyway.
I figured the schools are still closed given Blasio’s battle to keep the kids out of the playgrounds in the Jewish neighborhoods.
Crowds of Thousands OK, a few young kids in a playground a big risk.
Make a great argument for gun control.
After all we have no reason to ‘need’ guns in this civilized day and age.
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