Tickets, Arrests Up As NYPD Ends Slowdown
There are signs that disgruntled officers have started making more low-level arrests, New York Police Department officials said Monday. Ticketing for traffic and parking violations also increased after virtually coming to a halt.
NYPD statistics show arrests were up in the past week after plummeting in the weeks following the fatal ambush of two patrolmen in December.
Union officials have denied the numbers reflected a sanctioned work stoppage. But the numbers were seen as further evidence of growing rancor between the rank and file and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The two patrolmen were killed Dec. 20 in a brazen daytime ambush. They were targeted by a mentally unstable man who vowed online to kill two “pigs” in retaliation for the deaths of black men and boys at the hands of police around the country. Police unions have accused de Blasio of contributing to anti-police sentiment by supporting protests over the police killings.
