PBA President Patrick J. Lynch said:
“When we see a panel of distinguished law
enforcement figures bowing to the demands of anti-police, pro-criminal
advocates, it is clear that public safety in this city is headed down a
very dark path. The panel’s recommendation to shred the confidentiality
protections for police personnel records will put all New Yorkers in
jeopardy. Criminals will exploit this supposed ‘transparency’ in order
to escape justice, and police families will be exposed to even greater
threats and harassment. With respect to the NYPD’s disciplinary
processes, the panel’s recommendations amount to more of the same. They
contain no enhanced accountability for supervisors and decision-makers,
and nothing that would prevent meritless or fabricated complaints from
derailing cops’ careers. Just more bureaucracy engineered to pummel
rank-and-file police officers, while holding the city and NYPD
leadership blameless. None of this is surprising, because this
supposedly ‘independent’ panel was created to provide political cover
for these exact conclusions. New York City police officers long ago
received the message: our city’s leaders have chosen their public safety
priorities, and they have nothing to do with the actual concerns of the
communities we protect. Police officers on patrol must conduct
themselves accordingly.”
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