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.”