NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch notified uniformed officers they are going to be working 12-hour shifts beginning the week of July 1, citing the “unprecedented calls for” of July occasions, occurring below a “heightened risk surroundings.”
Officers will nonetheless get their common days off as a basic matter, however beforehand requested days off will not be granted.
The division notification cites division sources being devoted to safe the World Cup, the NBA Finals, America 250, Sail250 and July 4.
“Every of those will convey massive crowds, complicated operations, and vital calls for on this division. All of that is occurring in a heightened risk surroundings,” Tisch stated within the notice to the division.
She says extra dates could also be added nearer to the World Cup finals in the course of July.
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