Safeguarding NYPD Protectors: Time for Action

“Earlier this morning…an NYPD ESU detective was shot in an apartment building in the Vladeck houses confines of the 7th precinct…

“I am pleased to report he is in good spirits and all indications are that he will make a full recovery. But let me be extremely clear, this could have ended very differently…

“So, the real question here is this, why was this individual out of jail and in a position to shoot our officers? How is the system set up to allow one person to commit multiple violent offenses while out on parole with no consequences. I ask our elected officials up in Albany, our DAs and our judges, what are you doing here? We should never have had to be at that door this morning. We should never have had a cop shot today.”

 NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, February 18, 2025

“Releasing them [career criminals] is the indisputable proof of the failure of the Bail Reform Law of New York.

“This incident demands moral outrage by law enforcement and the public, and immediate action to change the law to mandate consequences for criminality.

“Protecting our communities is a shared responsibility. The police and the community must be one and inseparable.

“We must be fully dedicated without compromise to protecting one another.

“Problems ignite whenever our unity of effort is compromised and we do not stand united against depravity.”

 Vincent J. Bove for the National Association of Chiefs of Police, March 5, 2024

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