In the wake of the second incident involving gunfire in Boro Park this week, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling upon NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to increase the overall number of police officers assigned to the 66th precinct and to add NYPD foot patrols.
�Boro Park has been the site of two shootings this week alone,� said Hikind. �Our beloved Shomrim and the 66th precinct were integral in the arrest of the suspects in both cases. But clearly, we also need an increased police presence.�
Hikind noted that there is no shortage of traffic enforcement agents in his district, but he is hard-pressed to find a police officer patrolling the streets on foot. �I want to see at least as many police officers on the streets as there are traffic agents,� Hikind remarked. �Our community has always been a safe one, and I want to keep it that way,� he added.
(YWN Desk – NYC)
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We alrady have an oversupply of NYPD agents. The trouble is they are parking ticket wtiers, and, if they ever saw a crime, they would be the first to run for cover.