{"id":252926,"date":"2021-05-19T00:07:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T21:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-mayoral-hopeful-eric-adams-says-too-many-transit-cops-are-doing-desk-work\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T00:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T21:07:40","slug":"nyc-mayoral-hopeful-eric-adams-says-too-many-transit-cops-are-doing-desk-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-mayoral-hopeful-eric-adams-says-too-many-transit-cops-are-doing-desk-work\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC mayoral hopeful Eric Adams says too many transit cops are doing desk work"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC mayoral hopeful Eric Adams says too many transit cops are doing desk work<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The NYPD needs to yank cops out of offices and onto the transit system, mayoral candidate Eric Adams said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo many officers are performing clerical duties, and they are in units that do not directly impact public safety,\u201d Adams, a former transit cop himself, said during an app<\/a>earance outside West 4th Street Station with members of Transport Workers Union Local 100.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese officers could be on patrol, playing a visible function of dealing with the fear that\u2019s in our subway system,\u201d he said, in reference to the spike in transit crime since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Adams, the currently Brooklyn borough president, said the administrative responsibilities at NYPD\u2019s Transit Bureau should be handled by civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just not a good use of manpower and deployment, we have to rethink this,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s time for the mayor and the NYPD to deploy their officers effectively, to take them out of clerical roles \u2014 to move from being reactive to become a proactive police.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams wants more transit cops out of their desks and in the transit system.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eric
Eric Adams said called on the city to use officers in a more useful manner.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The current polling frontrunner in June\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary also said that as mayor he\u2019d work to install security cameras in every high-crime subway station \u2014 calling the lack of cameras at stations \u201can 8-track mindset in an iPhone age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams hopes to restore NYPD Transit\u2019s homeless outreach unit, he said. He also called on the city to better utilize Kendra\u2019s law, which permits judges to compel a person with serious mental illness to take meds or submit to supervised psychiatric treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not wait until someone carries out an act that\u2019s dangerous to the public and themselves,\u201d he said. \u201cThe city must work with the MTA to institute these measures immedia<\/a>tely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Before his mayoral run, Eric Adams was a transit cop himself.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The subway system has been dealing with a surge in crime in 2021.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eric Adams is now atop the democratic polling for this summer\u2019s primary. <\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TWU Local 100, which represents nearly 40,000 transit workers, has endorsed Adams.<\/p>\n

Adams\u2019 comments come amid a spate of violent crimes in the subway system, and as the MTA calls on the city to put even more cops underground to deal with the issue. <\/p>\n

The subways saw 2.32 felony crimes per million riders in March 2021,\u00a0the most recent data available\u00a0\u2014 versus just 1.47 per million riders across 2019. The NYPD has responded by sending more officers to patrol trains and stations.<\/p>\n

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The TWU Local 100 is backing Eric Adams for mayor.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eric Adams also indicated he wants to bring back the homeless outreach unit for the NYPD.<\/figcaption>
Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Adams called on the city to add another \u201c500 to 600\u201d more cops to \u201cstabilize\u201d the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more we see that omnipresence [of cops], we\u2019re going to decrease the anxiety, increase the trust \u2014 then you can reevaluate where you are and redeploy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut right now we\u2019re at a critical stage where passengers don\u2019t trust the system, they don\u2019t want to ride the system and many of our transit employees are being assaulted, harassed and not treated with the level of respect that they deserve.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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