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NYPD's success in reducing overtime and efficient officer deployment
2:34:24
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Council Member Ariola commends the NYPD, particularly Commissioner Tisch, for successfully reducing overtime while meeting various demands for police presence across the city. She highlights the department's creative approaches to officer deployment despite staffing limitations.
- Ariola praises the significant reduction in overtime spending
- She notes the constant demands for police presence in various areas of the city
- The council member highlights strategies such as moving officers from desk duty to street patrol and repurposing Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCOs) for arrests
- Ariola acknowledges the department's efforts to maximize efficiency with limited personnel resources
Joann Ariola
2:34:24
Just in wrapping up, Sharon, thank you for the consideration.
2:34:28
It's amazing that you've been able to reduce the overtime, the amount the percentage that you have.
2:34:33
Kudos to you because every time we hear anything on the radio or here or on television, it's we need, you know, cops to be on the trains.
2:34:42
We need them to be, you know, in in this area.
2:34:44
We need to be in that area.
2:34:46
And you only have x amount of bodies.
2:34:48
And you've done a great job of taking people from their desks and put putting them out on the streets.
2:34:53
You've taken NCOs and putting them putting them on the streets to make arrests.
2:34:57
You've done everything you possibly can, but you cannot change the number of people that you have on your staffing.