Of the unit’s 300 cops assigned to the unit — part of the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau — the department is mulling moving 240 of them back to street-level patrol, staffing other comma…
A unit in the NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau trained to respond quickly to “the most highly organized and heavily armed attacks” could be slashed by as much as 75%, The Post has learned.
Of the 300 cops assigned to the unit, some 240 face being moved back to street-level patrols to fill staffing holes in other commands, including the new 116th Precinct in Queens that is set to open next spring, police sources said. The unit – described by the NYPD as “a permanent cadre of hand-selected police officers devoted to counterterrorism” – began eight years ago with 500 cops and supervisors, sources said.
A recently-retired CRC supervisor told The Post, “there is no exact way to say if our unit deterred terrorist attacks. However, in the eight years since our inception, there were no terrorist attacks.
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