Hoping to build trust, NYPD details new approach to policing
New York City police officials provided the first in-depth look Tuesday at a new policing strategy they say will put more beat cops in neighborhood precincts to improve the relationship between officers and the communities they serve.
NYPD Commissioner William Bratton said the neighborhood policing plan would use staffing changes and other tactics to restore faith in a department that, in an era of historically low crime, still struggles to boost the morale of its own officers and gain the trust of mostly minority residents in the city’s toughest neighborhoods.
“As important as safety is, it is not enough,” Bratton said to a roomful of clergy at police headquarters. “Safety without public approval isn’t public safety. We want a safer, fairer city everywhere, for everyone.”