At a press conference ahead of the City Council’s vote on a bill to require police officers to file reports on all Level 1 & 2 encounters, PBA President Patrick Hendry slammed the bill’s impact on overworked police officers and public safety. Coverage on NBC 4 News, ABC 7 News, and CBS 2 News.
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “This is another case that shows the upside-down world in which police officers are working. This individual violently assaulted this police officer, but he is not being prosecuted.Our police officer deserves fairness and due process, but the criminal who assaulted him absolutely should not walk away scot-free.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “We are already thousands of cops short. Response times to critical incidents have already increased by nearly two minutes – that includes shots fired calls, where every second counts. Police officers must be able to focus on responding to calls for service, proactively addressing crime and taking illegal guns off the streets. Instead, these bills will take more cops offline to deal with a mountain of new paperwork.”
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the NY Post.“As long as we have that shield in our pocket, we’re going to help everyone who needs it on the streets, whether it’s stepping in to help a stranger or whether it’s a family member who’s in danger, and that’s what happened in this case. Adeed saw his brother-in-law in danger. He didn’t run the other way. He took police action. He ran toward the situation putting himself at risk and unfortunately, it cost him his life.”
Patrick Hendry is interviewed by CBS 2 News.
PIX 11 News covers the annual PBA holiday party. "We never forget the families left behind," says Patrick Hendry.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, UPI.com, Newsday, and on CBS local and national news, Fox on 10/3 at 10pm and 10/4 at 4:30am, New York 1 on 10/3 at 8pm and 10/4 at 12:30pm, and PIX: "This shows that police officers never know what they're responding to, and what's waiting for them on that scene. This scene was chaos. Multiple victims. A house on fire. And a madman on a rampage. On a mission. I'm thankful that these police officers showed up. How many more victims could there have been if these skilled professional police officers did not show up to the scene?"
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “The workload is a leading factor driving people away from the job. If the NYPD is going to survive these staffing reductions, it cannot just keep squeezing cops for more hours.”
New York must keep cops safe to keep the city safe, writes Patrick Hendry in an op/ed published by the New York Post
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, NY Times, Daily News, Newsday, amny, Fox 5 News, NBC 4 News, New York 1, WCBS Radio, and 1010 WINS Radio: "This is truly a disaster for every New Yorker who cares about safe streets. Cops are already stretched to our breaking point, and these cuts will return us to staffing levels we haven’t seen since the crime epidemic of the ’80s and ’90s. We cannot go back there.”
Patrick Hendry speaks to Fox 5 News about the outrageous recent assaults on police officers and the release without bail of two criminals who attacked cops in a Bronx subway station.
PBA President Patrick Hendry speaks to Fox 5’s Linda Schmidt about the outrageous recent assaults on cops.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “We need New Yorkers to start speaking up and demanding real consequences for those who assault cops. Our streets and subways won’t be safe if the cops protecting them aren’t safe.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, Fox 5 News, ABC 7 News, New York 1, 1010 WINS Radio, and WCBS Radio: “This is going to turn the NYPD staffing crisis into a public safety disaster. Our police officers are being worked to exhaustion, and 911 response times are already rising. What is going to happen when no reinforcements arrive for months on end? Cutting cops puts New Yorkers at risk, period.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post and on 1010 WINS: “No sane New Yorker supports the release of this barbaric cop-killer. But the parole board does, because they value a murderer’s life more than the life of a hero police officer.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, Newsday, ABC 7 News, New York 1, and WOR radio news: “We’re relieved to finally see some justice. We’re not going to celebrate today. The facts were clear as ever in this case. She decided to get behind that wheel after drinking alcohol, doing drugs. … She’s going to prison for a long time. Not long enough.”
The PBA president is quoted in Newsday: “That is silly, that is reaching for straws. She got into that car after drinking … driving at a high rate of speed.”
PBA press conference following guilty verdict for killer of P.O. Anastasios Tsakos
PBA President Patrick Hendry speaks to the media following closing arguments in the trial of P.O. Anastatsios Tsakos’ killer
PBA President Patrick Hendry speaks at the 30th Anniversary LOD Memorial Ceremony for PSA 6 P.O. John Williamson
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Gothamist, ABC 7 News, CBS 2 News, News 12 Bronx, PIX 11 News, New York 1, 1010 WINS Radio, WABC Radio, WOR Radio, and WCBS Radio: “We believe that this violent criminal should be behind bars for the rest of his life. No doubt about it. This criminal was on parole, which he shouldn’t have been on parole. He should have been behind bars and he needs to stay behind bars where they will last for the rest of his life.”
The PBA president is quoted in Gothamist and on Fox 5 News: “The department needs to discuss this pilot program with us before rolling it out, because we have serious questions about its impact on our members’ privacy and the fairness of the disciplinary process. New York City police officers are already among the most heavily scrutinized employees in the world. Saddling them with AI surveillance is not going to help with the NYPD’s recruiting woes or record-level attrition."
PBA press conference following sentencing of 41 Precinct shooter.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, and on CBS 2 News, NBC 4 News, Fox 5 News, 1010 WINS Radio, WOR Radio and WABC Radio: “Decisions have consequences. And because of her poor decisions, our hero officer will never be able to go home to his family. This individual shouldn’t be able to go home to her family. She at least deserves to be behind bars for a long long long long time.”
PBA press conference for opening day of the trial of P.O. Anastasios Tsakos’ killer
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “The Byrne family doesn’t want this assassin’s empty apology. They want their son and brother back. The Parole Board has proven once again that it cares more about criminals than crime victims, that it has more respect for murderous drug dealers than hero police officers. It’s an absolute disgrace.”
Photos of PBA president with the officers appears in the NY Post. Caption on PBA post on X: “At Jacobi Hospital early this morning with our @NYPDTransit members who were slashed trying to apprehend an unhinged perp who was menacing straphangers with a knife on a Bronx subway platform. Thankful that both cops will be OK.”
PBA President Patrick Hendry speaks at Transit K-9 graduation ceremony
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “There is a simple reason that assaults on cops are going up. It’s because anti-police activists — many of them on the public payroll — have normalized violent resistance against police officers.”
The PBA president is quoted in the SI Live and Newsday: “There is a simple reason that assaults on cops are going up. It’s because anti-police activists — many of them on the public payroll — have normalized violent resistance against police officers. Charges against criminals who assault cops are frequently downgraded or thrown out, while hard-working cops are having their careers destroyed for using appropriate force to defend themselves or safely make an arrest. Police officers are literally getting beaten up in this environment. It’s another reason that cops are still quitting in droves.”
CBS 2 News and News12 Bronx report on another viral video of an individual resisting arrest, quoting PBA President Patrick Hendry saying ““This is yet another video that doesn’t tell the full story of an incident. The bottom line is that this individual made a choice to fight these police officers rather than complying with their lawful requests. He created this situation, and now anti-police activists are exploiting it to advance their agenda.”