More cops coming to southern Queens this summer
NYPD going ‘all-out’ to reduce crime by boosting force at 113th Precinct in the weeks ahead
BY BILL PARRY
The NYPD is preparing to
go on the offensive. Beginning
Thursday, May 23, the NYPD
is deploying hundreds of
police officers to high-crime
neighborhoods to continue
the historic crime reduction
in New York City.
During Summer All-Out
in 2018, the city experienced
significant reductions in
shootings and murders in
commands where additional
police officers were assigned.
In 2018 Summer All-Out
commands, there was a
reduction of eight murders,
or 36 percent, and 11 fewer
shootings, or 16 percent.
“The Summer All-Out
allows the NYPD to keep
the city’s crime reduction
momentum going as we enter
the summer months,” Chief
of Department Terence A.
Monahan said. “This year,
we have added more officers
than ever before and extended
the program by three
additional weeks.”
This is the fifth year the
NYPD has redeployed police
officers to commands with
historically elevated levels
of violence. One Queens
command, the 113th Precinct
in Jamaica, will receive
additional officers beginning
today, Wednesday, May 22.
Last year, the extra officers
went to the 103rd Precinct,
also in Jamaica.
The deployment is made
possible by reassigning
officers from desk and
administrative jobs. They will
be temporarily transferred to
street patrols.
All officers assigned to
Summer All-Out attended a one
day refresher training course
designed to reemphasize the
neighborhood policing and
de-escalation techniques.
“Working hand-in-hand
with community members
and their fellow cops, these
additional officers will focus
on further reducing crime
and violence,” Monahan
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said. “Also new this year, the
Transit Bureau will receive an
allotment of officers. Thanks
to the hard work of the men
and women in blue, New York
City experienced reductions
in both crime and violence
during prior Summer All-
Outs, and we look forward to
a similar outcome this year.”
Reach reporter Bill
Parry by email at bparry@
schnepsmedia.com or by
phone at (718) 260–4538.
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