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Hundreds of NYPD officers accustomed to pushing papers, not thugs, are being ordered out from behind their desks to walk a beat in New York's toughest and busiest neighborhoods. Starting tomorrow in each of the 76 police precincts, roughly six to 10 administrative cops must report every Friday to their borough commander for reassignment to a patrol in need. That could mean walking a beat anywhere from Times Square to high-crime Brownsville. An NYPD spokesman tells the Post, "This is not a new program, and the NYPD has been using this for years" during the summer, when crime traditionally spikes. Sources say the desk jockeys won't be required to meet the same summons and arrest quotas as their beat-cop counterparts, but their mere presence is expected to both deter crime and be a boon to local purveyors of fried, jelly-filled confections.
"Inside" Cops Coming Out From Behind Desks To Waddle Streets
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"How do you like that, it's also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purpose of gambling."
How about instead of having quotas for citations and arrests, we just maintain high expectations on how low the crime rate should be? Writing silly summons that clog the court system and are ultimately thrown out doesn't prevent crime.
hear hear
hear hear
"waddle" - good one!
Wish my boss would order me to take a walk once a week.
i feel your pain.
"boon to local purveyors of fried, jelly-filled confections."
NYC hasn't had anything fried since Nanny Bloomberg took office. Making people miserable was at the top of his list of things to make a better city.
If I'm ever around Bloomberg during a press conference, I'm going to shout out a line from the musical A Chorus Line: "Can the adults please smoke?"
Ultimately, this will do them good. A little exercise will lower insurance costs for the force.
They can always get free sneakers...
just don't go trying to become supercop and kill a fellow cop.
It would do them some good to get some exercise, but leave the guns at the station for our own safety.