May
13, 2003
Metro Briefing: New York
William K. Rashbaum (NYT)
 ANHATTAN:
UNION CHARGES PRESSURE The head of the union that represents police
officers said yesterday that the Police Department was pressuring
officers to write more tickets for traffic, parking and other infractions,
which the department denied. The union chief, Patrick J. Lynch,
said the pressure was an effort to balance the city's budget, saying
that the number of summonses was up nearly 7 percent as of April
21 over the same period last year. He said the pressure to write
more tickets was damaging the officers' relationship with the communities
they serve. But Police Department officials said the number of traffic
and parking tickets had dropped more than 17 percent, while summonses
for criminal violations, like quality of life crimes, had risen
about 15 percent.
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