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Op-Ed and Letter
Too many questions about NYC’s violent attacks: Why is the system setting free such dangerous offenders?
In a Daily News opinion column, PBA President Patrick Hendry makes the case for keeping repeat violent offenders off the streets.
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NYPD officer who was shot by parolee in Queens is released from hospital
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the Daily News, NY Post, amNY, ABC 7 News, NBC 4 News, New York 1, and CBS radio. Hendry said the criminal justice system is “failing New Yorkers. When (this officer) responded to that robbery in progress, he confronted this individual and he didn’t know what he was confronting. He didn’t know he was confronting someone who was arrested 17 times…and someone who was arrested seven times while he was on lifetime parole. Why was he out on the street? Each time he was arrested, why wasn’t he remanded?”
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Mayor Adams names DSNY chief Jessica Tisch as new Police Commissioner
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the Daily News, Newsday, Politico, Gothamist NY Times, Fox 5 News and 1010 WINS: “…The challenges confronting police officers remain the same. We are critically understaffed, massively overworked and completely unsupported by a justice system and an oversight regime that care more about punishing cops than helping us get dangerous criminals off the streets.”
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Hero cop kills two-time suspected robber in dramatic shootout on NYC street as hundreds flee
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the NY Post, amNY and CBS 2 News, NBC 4 News, and CBS News radio: “I can tell you this — all New Yorkers, you can depend on New York City police officers to do our jobs. We will continue to take dangerous criminals off the streets. We have your back. I can tell you who doesn’t have your back — our criminal justice system. It continues to let us down every single day. New York City police officers are sick and tired of being assaulted on the streets. It has to end. We need all New Yorkers once and for all to demand change in our criminal justice system.”
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Man who shot rookie cop over bus seat dispute in Queens found guilty of attempted murder
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the Daily News and Newsday: “This case could not have been any clearer. This individual was carrying a loaded gun on our streets. He attacked an innocent bus passenger for no reason. He was determined to get away with those crimes at any cost, even if it meant murdering a New York City police officer. He didn’t succeed thanks to the courage and skill of our brother Brett Boller and his fellow police officers. We’re grateful that he is being held accountable with this verdict. Now he must receive the longest sentence the law allows.”
Press Release
Guilty verdict in shooting of rookie Queens cop
PBA President Patrick Hendry said: “This case could not have been any clearer. This individual was carrying a loaded gun on our streets. He attacked an innocent bus passenger for no reason. He was determined to get away with those crimes at any cost, even if it meant murdering a New York City police officer. He didn’t succeed thanks to the courage and skill of our brother Brett Boller and his fellow police officers. We’re grateful that he is being held accountable with this verdict. Now he must receive the longest sentence the law allows.”
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Trump’s new border czar Tom Homan warns sanctuary city New York to cooperate with feds: ‘Going to do the job with or without you’
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in the NY Post: “Hendry pointed to an ‘ongoing epidemic of assaults’ against New York’s Finest, and said anyone in the country illegally who commits such a crime must serve time and then be immediately deported. To ensure the department has the resources it needs, he said, ‘we need our federal partners to continue to do their job to protect those who protect New Yorkers.’”
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Many NYPD officers intend to leave force or policing soon, poll shows
PBA President Patrick Hendry is quoted in Newsday: “This study confirms once again that the NYPD’s staffing crisis has become a vicious cycle. Cops are frustrated, burned out and leaving in droves, which only makes the workload more unsustainable for cops who remain.”
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