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2003
June - August |
| Aug. 22 |
A Daily News
story reports a $3.4 million suit was won for Police Officer Liza Paredes in a
case where a perp pushed her down a stairway causing her serious, debilitating
injuries. Greg Longworth, the attorney retained by the PBA to represent the officer,
said “There should be more of these (lawsuits against perps). The general
public does it all the time, why not cops?” |
| Aug. 21 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about Gov. Pataki vetoing the bill that would have made summons
quotas illegal: "The (NYPD) says there are no quotas -- so why have they
fought this law so vehemently? The citizens of the city and the officers know
it's real, and it has to be corrected. It's killing morale." |
| Aug. 19 |
In a major New
York Times story about upcoming contract negotiations between the city and
municipal unions, Pat Lynch said of Mayor Bloomberg “He said he would work
with you, did not, turned around and then laid off municipal workers.” This,
according to the article, left unions seething and stalemated negotiations ever
since. Pat Lynch also expressed an interest in exploring tour changes that include
longer work shifts but fewer appearances by police officers. A New
York Post exclusive reports that the PBA’s lawyers are reviewing an
NYPD order barring vacations during the Republican National Convention in September
of next year. |
| Aug. 6 |
Pat Lynch is interviewed in an Channel
7-Eyewitness News piece about a supervisor at the Queens Task Force ordering
officers not to make arrests on the eve of last Thanksgiving. According to the
news report, cops who did make arrests suffered retaliation. "There's no
doubt this happened and there's no doubt there was retaliation against these police
officers," Lynch said. |
| Aug. 2 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Times article how the city's improving financial picture would make municipal
union leaders fight harder against give-backs and wage freezes: "Patrick
Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, said he was willing
to discuss increased productivity with the city. As before, he said the city should
reward the police of the lower crime rates they had already achieved. 'This has
been the most productive Police Department in the city's history,' he said. 'We've
brought down crime, but time and time again, the city has refused to recognize
that to pay for it.' Mr. Lynch said the union was willing to discuss lengthening
work shifts for the police, something Mr. Bloomberg has proposed because it could
save the city millions of dollars. 'But it has to be done in such a way that the
savings are passed along to the members,' Mr. Lynch said." |
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July |
| Jul. 31 |
Pat Lynch is seen and heard on a News-4
NY story about summons quotas at the 88 Pct.: "It's across the city in
all the commands where the pressure is increasing for the police officers to bring
more and more summonses in on a regular basis." |
| Jul. 30 |
The Staten Island
Advance quotes Pat Lynch, who said that the Staten Island DA is doing the
right thing in seeking the death penalty for the accused killer of Dets. James
Nemorin and Rodney Andrews. Daily
News civil service columnist Bill Farrell does an advance report on the Aug.
2 baseball game between New York's Finest and the Chicago Police Dept. to benefit
the Anthony Vazqez Memorial Fund in honor of P.O. Jose Vazquez's son Anthony,
who died tragically this past spring. |
| Jul. 29 |
The Chief quotes
Pat Lynch's statement from the Daily News in which he says the new patrol guide
requirement that police officers give their rank and command as well as
name and shield number when asked by civilians "would give more ammunition
to people who retaliate against officers 'who are just doing their jobs.'" |
| Jul. 18 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the New
York Post in an article about the memorial for Patrolman Edward Dippel: "Edward
Dippel and Patrolmen Peter McIntyre, John T. Van Buren and John Stackey were killed
serving and protecting New York City citizens in the Draft Riots of 1863. Now…their
names will take their rightful place on memorials honoring fallen police officers." |
| Jul. 17 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the
New York Times, in a story about the non-use of stun grenades since the death
of Alberta Spruill two months ago: "How is it that we went from using it
fairly often to not at all? What my members are concerned with is that because
we're not using these grenades when they should be used, the number of shootings
will to up." The Times-Herald-Record
in Newburgh, NY, mentions that Pat Lynch is scheduled to speak the following day
at the memorial for Patrolman Edward Dippel, killed in the line of duty in the
New York City draft riots of 1863. The story is also covered on the Regional
News Network. |
| Jul. 14 |
John Puglissi is quoted in a New
York Times column by Joyce Purnick, marking the 10th anniversary of the civilianized
CCRB. Puglissi calls the CCRB a "total failure." |
| Jul. 12 |
John Puglissi is quoted in a Daily
News story about the "battle of the badges" incident at Newtown
Creek: "This was an incident in which Fire Dept. personnel overreacted after
the fact. At no time during the entire rescue and recovery operation was a firefighter's
life endangered or interfered with by the actions of any member of the NYPD." |
| Jul. 2 |
The July 2003 edition of American Police Beat magazine Pat Lynch
is quoted in their article "Protecting your rep:NYPD officers union takes
a proactive approach to public relations during ticket push" about the PBA's
"Don't Blame the Cop" public information campaign. |
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June |
| Jun. 30 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a page 2 Post
story regarding a lack of anti-terrorism training and equipment. Lynch said "The
state and the federal government need to send more aid to New York City. Our members
are no better trained or equipped than they were on Sept. 10, 2001." The
story was in reaction to a Council on Foreign Relations report that the country
is"dangerously unprepared" for another terrorist attack. One Police
Plaza Confidential in Newsday
reports that there is increasing anecdotal evidence that the NYPD is downgrading
crime statistics. The column sites a PBA case where a delegate defended an officer
who was reassigned for refusing to downgrade a grand larceny to misdemeanor. The
column also provides a number of other allegations made directly to the reporter
following Newsday's story on the downgrading of crime in the 10th Precinct. |
| Jun. 21 |
Al O'Leary is quoted in a Newsday
article about the NYPD investigating two precincts for improperly reducing felony
arrests to misdemeanors. Newsday: "Al O'Leary, a spokesman for the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association, said that downgrading crimes is 'something the PBA believes
is happening to a far greater extent than just one precinct' but that police officers
are afraid to complain about it. 'There are cases where PBA delegates were transferred
and punitive actions taken where they defended police officers who refused to
downgrade a felony to a misdemeanor,' O'Leary said. 'We believe this is systemic,
retaliations are swift, and because of that most cops won't come forward.'" |
| Jun. 20 |
William Raschbaum of The
New York Times reports that more than 200 crimes reported last year in the
10th Pct. were improperly downgraded to misdemeanors. The article seems to support
recent PBA warnings that the NYPD fudging of crime statistics is not limited to
the 10th Pct. |
| Jun. 17 |
Pat Lynch's photo accompanies an article in The
Chief on the "flurry of last-minute lobbying" by public-employee
unions as the State Legislature prepares to adjourn for the summer. The article
cites the PBA's "victory" June 13 when the Assembly joined the State
Senate in passing the union's 'anti-ticket quota' bill, which gives cops a way
to fight back if they are disciplined for not writing enough summonses."
PBA Recording Secretary and Legislative Director Bob Zink is quoted: "The
Legislature has shown they recognize there's a problem with quotas. The purpose
of the legislation is to allow our highly trained police officers to make distinctions
in the field." |
| Jun. 15 |
The Daily
News runs a three-page spread inspired by the PBA's "Don't Blame the
Cop" ad campaign. The News article, with a the PBA's "Don't Blame the
Cop" ad campaign. The News article, with a page-one headline, features interviews
with more than 200 New York City police officers that, in the newspaper's words,
"show that a clear majority say they have been pressured to write more summonses,
a directive that is contributing to a broad decline in morale with the Police
Department." |
| Jun. 11 |
The New York Times publishes a letter
by Pat Lynch in response to the paper's June 4 article, "To Embattled
Mayor, Tickets Are the Hottest Issue in Town." The letter in part: "Regardless
of what the mayor, the police commissioner or their spin doctors say, police officers
have written significantly more summonses in the first four months of this year
than last. Every police officer in this city can tell you that he or she is under
great pressure to write more summonses." |
| Jun. 10 |
The Chief reports
that the PBA has "overwhelmingly" reelected Pat Lynch to a second term
as president. |
| Jun. 8 |
Pat Lynch's reelection as PBA president is reported in the Daily
News and Staten Island Advance. "I'm pleased to have the overwhelming
trust and confidence of the hardest working and most courageous police officers
in America," he is quoted as saying. |
| Jun. 7 |
Pat Lynch's reelection with 70 percent of the vote is reported
on NY 1 and Channels
2 and 5. It is described as "a landslide" and an "overwhelming"
victory on these broadcasts, and Channel 2 describes Lynch as "one of the
city's most powerful labor leaders." |
| Jun. 4 |
The
New York Times does a long story about how the "ticket blitz" story
has become a continuing public relations problem for the mayor and attributes
his perception problems to the PBA's spin and its ad campaign. Al O'Leary is quoted
in a New York Post story
on the issue: "We're concerned about the relationship between the community
and police officers." |
| Jun 2 |
Al O'Leary is quoted in a New
York Post story in which Mayor Bloomberg blames the ticket blitz publicity
on the PBA elections: "O'Leary said cops are under intense pressure to write
tickets for summonses that bring in revenue because of the budget crunch. 'We
understand he's got to say something, but if you look at all the city agencies
that are hyperactively writing tickets, you can't single out cops,' he said."
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