Dermot Shea

NYPD to Eliminate Plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit Despite Crime Surge

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) on Monday announced that it is disbanding its anti-crime unit — a group of approximately 600 plainclothes police officers who blend in with the general population to combat crime — in the wake of protests and violent unrest over the death of George Floyd.

NYPD Police officers listen as Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York Presi