By Thomas Tracy, Dan Rivoli and Graham Rayman
The NYPD has ordered more transit cops to go solo when patrolling the
subways — a move transit workers and police union bosses slammed, the
Daily News has learned.
Chief Joseph Fox, head of the Transit Division, told commanders of the
12 districts across the city to station more solo posts to increase
coverage, sources told The News. The directive took effect Tuesday at
midnight and affects day and evening tours. Transit cops on the midnight
tour will continue to patrol in pairs.
Following the murders of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in 2014,
and after the July killing of Officer Miosotis Familia, Police
Commissioner Bill Bratton and his successor, James O’Neill, ordered cops
to patrol in pairs for safety. The directive, apparently a departure
from that approach, applies to uniformed transit cops.
Subway crime statistics may be driving the change. While major crime in
the city is down 5.5% overall through Sunday, it is down just 0.6% on
subways and buses.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)
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