New York Police Department cancels all days off for officers 'effective immediately' amid protests

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'At this time, regular days off for full duty uniformed members of the service are cancelled,' a spokesperson for the NYPD told Newsweek on Tuesday.

Days off for New York City Police Department officers were ordered canceled Tuesday as the city prepared for more demonstrations after the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd while in police custody.

"Effective immediately, all full duty uniformed members of the service RDO's [regular days off] are cancelled," read a memo sent to all NYPD commanding officers Tuesday, according to thein a Tuesday statement from spokesperson Detective Sophia Mason from the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information.

"Rank-and-file New York City police officers were out on the street last night doing our job," said Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch in a Tuesday statement."Tonight, we'll go out and do it again." "You have 38,000 police officers," Cuomo said."Deploy them. Give them support." Cuomo also said that video footage taken during the protests showed"a lot of looting and not enough police presence.

 

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CHACHING OT Incredible unnecessary taxpayer expense on top of what the taxpayer is paying to support these nontaxpayers !!! God Bless America

They are gonna wear them selves out. ...

Police should have their badge number on car, helmet, uniform, and shield in big letters. No dark clothed anonymous cop attacks. Let iPhone cameras take care of the rest. ID mark their bullets as well. GPS track them, too.

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