Index crime is down this previous Thanksgiving week by 7.2%, studies the NYPD. Headlining the current public security news is the dramatic East Harlem rescue of a person caught on subway tracks moments earlier than an incoming prepare by cops.
“We honor Officers Taufique Bokth and Brunel Victor,” stated Mayor Eric Adams. “They embody the values of courage, caring, and compassion. And patrolling our subway system can be a challenging job. I know it far too well, because I did it for many years. But on Thanksgiving Day, a man experiencing homelessness felt dizzy and fell onto the subway tracks. Both Officer Bokth and Victor, who are proud members of New York City’s 25th precinct, did not hesitate to take action.”
He credited the “blue surge” at stations propelled by a surge of transit-related crime all through town last month. The two officers had been current because of the elevated police presence initiatives. But the NYPD union Police Benevolent Association felt the rescue occurred regardless of the added uniforms to subway platforms.
“Police Officers Victor and Bokth deserve far more than praise for their heroism,” stated PBA President Pat Lynch in an announcement. “Like all New York City cops, they’re overworked and underpaid. They deserve a aggressive wage that can reverse the present NYPD staffing emergency. Press conferences and mayoral proclamations is not going to cease cops from quitting in droves.
“If our city doesn’t immediately fix our low pay and brutal work schedule, there may not be a hero police officer available to help the next time a New Yorker is in distress in the subway.”
While total gun violence was down this previous vacation week, homicides had been up by one, together with two capturing deaths within the Bronx on Thanksgiving Day. Additionally, one other deadly gunshot sufferer was discovered unresponsive simply minutes earlier than the vacation’s begin in Queens. Also on Thanksgiving Day within the Bronx, a 14-year-old lady was struck by a stray bullet. She is reportedly in steady situation.
Over the weekend, a 22-year-old Bronx mom was arrested and charged for homicide after her two toddlers had been discovered useless with a number of stab wounds.
Before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell introduced the NYPD discovered no credible threats to the annual march to Herald Square. But NYPD Chief of Counterterrorism Martine Materasso introduced division assets had been deployed over the week’s festivities on account of current occasions just like the Club Q capturing in Colorado Springs and on-line threats not too long ago made in opposition to the Jewish neighborhood.
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