Desk Jockey Cops Upset Over Mandatory Street Beat

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Over the summer, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly pulled the plug on a program that required "house cat" cops, who normally spend their days doing paperwork, to also conduct street patrols on a regular basis. Supposedly, Kelly axed the plan after two weeks because Chief of Patrol Robert Gianell tried to implement it without consulting him, and because some thought it "was just window dressing." But now the desk jockeys are riding again!

"We think it's nonsense," one NYPD supervisor tells the Post. "The reason these people have jobs inside is that their work needs to be done." Operation "All-Out" was apparently revived in November and was supposed to be temporary, ending January 4th. But between 480 and 560 desk jockeys are still being forced to waddle a beat, one day a week, while still maintaining the same workload in the office. And with all that paperwork piling up, how are they supposed to find time for porn, naps, and racist graffiti?

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By John Del Signore in News on January 18, 2010 9:45 AM

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JacqueMehoff

this is all a ploy to not get FOIL requests and permits out in a timely manner. you want to see slow, try getting the NYPD to do something that's not in their best interest.

Spirit of 76

They can always try throwing out the typewriters and installing computers, so those cops can still maintain their office productivity. But then again, considering how expensive and bug-ridden the new computer system the IRS bought is, maybe we shouldn't be encouraging government to upgrade.

sharpshoota

Thanks Gothamist! Anyway, I don't see how useful these fat dudes will be on the street. Most perps run nowadays so you have to be able to keep up.

Bubba

That explains the spike in donut sales...

Potty Boy

It's amazing,...by the look of most* of them, you'd think they had no clue at all that their physical well-being and fitness would tend to increase their probability of survival in a physical/armed confrontation with a criminal.

*not all