NYPD cops ordered not to ‘congregate’ or converse on city streets, memo showsBy Susan Edelman and Tina Moore
August 24, 2022
The NYPD released a memo ordering cops not to “congregate” or take part in “unnecessary conversation” with each other — just weeks after Mayor Eric Adams chastised officers on the street for chatting on the job, The Post has learned
The order dated Tuesday marks a revision to the patrol guide for officers and supervisors — instructing them to ensure cops aren’t gathering together.
“Do not congregate, or engage in unnecessary conversation, with other members of the service while on post, absent police necessity,” the order states, addressing police officers.
In another section, specifically to patrol supervisors, the order states that bosses should “Ensure members of the service do not congregate, or engage in unnecessary conversation, with other members of the service while on post, absent police necessity.”
The order comes in the wake of a video that shows Adams at a Summer Streets bike ride in Manhattan on August 6. In the footage posted on social media, the mayor points to officers on a corner and tells their supervisors that “they should not all be congregating together.”
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Reaction to the order was swift from the country’s largest police union — which quipped there wouldn’t be enough officers to congregate soon anyway because so many are quitting.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/24/nypd-cops-ordered-not-to-congregate-on-city-streets-memo/
