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Clarification on temporary and permanent nature of officer reassignments
1:53:46
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Council Member Farah N. Louis seeks clarification on whether reassigned officers will return to their original commands. Commissioner Jessica Tisch provides details on the temporary and permanent nature of various reassignments.
- Many transit deployments are temporary assignments
- NYPD will clarify the temporary nature of assignments to officers if there's confusion
- Transfers of officers from specialized units to detective squads are permanent
- Permanent transfers aim to address priority cases in numbered squads
Farah N. Louis
1:53:46
Will they return back to their commands where they were before?
1:53:49
I think that's some of the questions a lot of them
Jessica Tisch
1:53:52
It depends.
1:53:53
In some circumstances, yes.
1:53:55
In some circumstances, these are temporary assignments.
1:53:59
Many of the transit deployments that we have done recently are temporary assignments, and the officers should know that.
1:54:07
But we will be very happy to clarify that to them if you are suggesting that it is not known.
Farah N. Louis
1:54:13
Yes, some of them feel
Jessica Tisch
1:54:14
like that's coming But in terms of the, so we will for sure take that feedback and make sure that that is extremely clear.
1:54:21
But for the transfers of officers from more specialized or niche or centralized detective bureau units into squads, those transfers are not temporary.
1:54:36
Those transfers are permanent transfers because we need to address the those those cases first.
1:54:50
Got it.