The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News and New York Post: “If we want to stop the deterioration of public safety in New York, we need to stop piling new burdens and penalties on police officers. We need every elected official to speak up and say — unequivocally — that they’ll support police officers when we do the job in good faith.”
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The PBA president is quoted on Fox 5 News, CBS 2 News, ABC 7 News, News 12 Bronx, New York 1, WLNY, WCBS Radio, 1010 WINS Radio and in the NY Post, Newsday, AMNY and SI Live: “What we just saw was a police officer pushed out of this hospital by his heroic partner. What we saw when we watch that body-worn camera and videos from shops, is a police officer realizing they were shot, still running towards the danger — running after the person that shot them. The partner realizing that his partner was shot jumped into action, drove the car, lights and sirens on, on the radio, giving a description, calling for help, and notifying Barnabas hospital. Professionals right till the end.”
After a police officer was shot and injured in the Bronx, Pat Lynch spoke at the hospital and described the officers’ calm professionalism in the face of chaos. See PIX 11 News, 1010 WINS Radio, and WCBS News Radio.
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “We’re glad that the conversation is returning to common sense and public safety. However, that doesn’t undo a decade-plus of laws and policies that emboldened criminals. Even if every misguided law was changed overnight, cops would continue to quit at record rates because they’re demoralized, overworked and underpaid.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “The risks New York City police officers face for simply doing our jobs have grown exponentially in recent years. It’s another reason you’re seeing a mass exodus from the NYPD. Many cops don’t want to work in an environment where attacks on police officers have become normalized.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News and WCBS news radio: “CCRB no longer even pretends to be fair and impartial in their investigations of police officers. They cannot even bring themselves to say the word ‘exonerated’ about a cop who has done nothing wrong.”
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The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “Mayor Adams has said he wants to improve police officer morale and boost the NYPD’s headcount. The time to do that is now. The mass exodus is already significantly impacting NYPD operations. If it continues any longer, it will totally erase the public safety gains we’ve made over the past year.”
The PBA president is quoted in Newsday: "The police officers involved are entitled to due process, not summary judgment based on a few seconds of video. What is clear at this point is that these police officers were trying to break up a violent altercation when they themselves were assaulted. What is needed now is a thorough investigation of the entire circumstances, not just what has been posted online."
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, NY Times, Staten Island Advance, PIX 11 News, CBS 2 News, NBC 4 News, New York 1, WLNY, ABC 7 News, and WINS radio: "The police officers involved are entitled to due process, not summary judgment based on a few seconds of video. What is clear at this point is that these police officers were trying to break up a violent altercation when they themselves were assaulted. What is needed now is a thorough investigation of the entire circumstances, not just what has been posted online."
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At the hospital treating two officers injured in a machete attack, Pat Lynch calls for the public to keep the family members of those officers in mind. "Once again," he said, "We are at the hospital on a holiday weekend." Watch and hear his remarks on New York 1 and 1010 WINS Radio.