{"id":6377,"date":"2020-06-11T22:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-blows-off-concerns-over-cops-ditching-masks-during-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-06-11T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:07:00","slug":"nypd-blows-off-concerns-over-cops-ditching-masks-during-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-blows-off-concerns-over-cops-ditching-masks-during-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD blows off concerns over cops ditching masks during coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYPD blows off concerns over cops ditching masks during coronavirus<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 11, 2020 |<\/span> 3:07pm |<\/span> Updated June 11, 2020 | 3:59pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n NYPD officers at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in the Lower East Side, Manhattan.<\/span>
\n Taidgh Barron\/NY Post<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n The NYPD has better things to do than make sure its members are not spreading a global pandemic by wearing masks, the department said Thursday in a response to media<\/a> inquiries about why police, including brass, are routinely seen without face coverings despite city and state requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps it was the heat. Perhaps it was the 15-hour tours, wearing bullet-resistant vests in the sun. Perhaps it was the helmets,\u201d said the department\u2019s press office in a statement, when asked about ample photographs of unmasked officers taken in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith everything New York City has been through in the past two weeks and everything we are working towards together, we can put our energy to a better use.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many images predate the police brutality protests that began May 28 \u2014 with cops being seen mask-less even as they arrested people for social distancing violations.<\/p>\n

Under an executive order signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, all New Yorkers are required to cover their mouths and noses when heading into situations where social distancing isn\u2019t possible \u2014 such as the people-packed George Floyd protests at which several cops have gone bare-faced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Benjamin Tucker, the department\u2019s first deputy commissioner, gave a similar list of excuses for the officers \u2014 including the tone-deaf \u201cmaybe they can\u2019t breathe\u201d \u2014 during a City Council hearing earlier this week, when grilled by pols over cops flouting the rule they enforce on everyday New Yorkers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In that hearing, Tucker sidestepped a question about what discipline, if any, awaits cops who don\u2019t cover their faces without a valid excuse.<\/p>\n

Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has ripped cops for not wearing masks only to see nothing change, also rattled off a list of potential excuses during a Thursday press briefing.<\/p>\n

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NYPD officers watch as peaceful protesters marched against police brutality in Washington Square Park, Manhattan.<\/span>Taidgh Barron\/NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s be fair, there are times where if you\u2019re drinking water or if you\u2019re giving instructions to a group of people, there are times where it is app<\/a>ropriate to take off a mask, if you\u2019re not within six feet of anyone. There are definitely exceptions,\u201d he said. \u201cBut overwhelmingly people need to have face masks on. Every single public servant, that includes our police officers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hizzoner yet again vowed departmental repercussions for cops who blow off the order.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe commissioner [Dermot Shea] has made it very clear in his directives to officers that they have to do this,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of discipline if people don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

The man who issued the statewide mandate reiterated Thursday that cops should mask up, but also deferred to their respective departments.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s up to every police department to discipline, decide what is subject to discipline or not,\u201d said Cuomo in an Albany press briefing. \u201cMy advice is every cop should be wearing a mask. \u2026 Some of them say they can\u2019t breathe as well, it blocks their vision. I understand that, but my advice, [the] health commissioner\u2019s advice is wear a mask.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think every police department should communicate that to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Amanda Woods<\/em>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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