PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in Newsday: "Lowering the education requirement won’t solve the NYPD’s staffing crisis," Hendry said, adding New York City is competing with other police departments with lower education requirements, better benefits and quality of life. No matter the education level, police choose other departments or use NYPD jobs as a stepping stone to better jobs.
The PBA president is quoted in Newsday: "When reading this report, New Yorkers should keep in mind what CCRB is not telling them. This report doesn’t specify how many taxpayer dollars CCRB has spent actively soliciting and harvesting complaints against police officers. It doesn’t disclose how many cases were generated by CCRB itself, without any civilian complainant."
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in amNY: “New Yorkers want police officers to get a handle on the disorder in the subways, but they need to understand what we’re up against. Right now, both the justice system and the mental health system aren’t backing us up, and it’s putting both cops and the public at risk. In order to make real progress, both systems need to change.”