WBFO's Michael Mroziak reports. The unit's responsibilities, explained Captain Jeffrey Rinaldo, included managing pedestrian and auto traffic flow at events including parades, motorcades, 5K runs and other races, sporting events and other special events. Most of the events the unit would oversee have been canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, and Rinaldo suggests many are unlikely to occur in the coming months. Credit WBFO file photo "Financially the city, the department, has some challenges. So, in an effort to redistribute those officers and allow us to attempt to cut some of our costs for overtime in the districts, the decision was made by the commissioner to disband that unit, and put those officers back into the five patrol districts," he told WBFO Tuesday.