“We’re not going to be so rigid,” Adams said, after an assault on a cop in a Brooklyn subway station caused hizzoner and the NYPD to retreat from the solo patrol plan the same day he announced it.
NYPD is still continuing its solo patrol plan rolled out under NYC Mayor Eric Adams despite an transit officer being assaulted by a homeless man grabbing for his gun on the first day.
Adams’ proposal immediately drew backlash from the city’s largest police union, which feared that solo patrols will limit an officer’s ability to protect the public and themselves.
An NYPD transit cop was assaulted in Brooklyn on Tuesday while patrolling alone, on the first full day that cops were instituted to patrol solo by a new plan put forth by NYC Mayor Eric Adams.