Tuesday, April 30, 2013

To Defend Police, City Cites Officers’ Laziness - NYTimes.com

To Defend Police, City Cites Officers’ Laziness - NYTimes.com:

'via Blog this'“It’s a question as to why they can see activity when they are being paid overtime as opposed to not being able to see activity when they are on straight time,” Mr. Esposito testified.
Officers who complained about quotas were resistant to doing their job, city lawyers suggested.
In one of the surreptitious recordings made by a Bronx police officer, Pedro Serrano, his precinct commander suggested that the low number of stops that the officer conducted — just a few for an entire year — indicated that he was derelict in his duties when on patrol.
“We’re still one of the most violent commands in the city,” Deputy Inspector Christopher McCormack said on the tape. “And to stop two people, you know, to see only two things going on, that’s almost like you’re purposely not doing your job at all.”

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