NYPD reassigns roughly 600 plainclothes officers, closing a chapter on stop-and-frisk

[shockedcanadian]

Anyone what this means for policing in America? I don't know how NYPD operates, but if Canadian politicians took this stance, we'd have far fewer manufactured threats. The plain clothes "officers" in Canada are an insult to the craft.

NYPD reassigns roughly 600 plainclothes officers, closing a chapter on stop-and-frisk

(CNN)The New York Police Department underwent a "seismic shift" in its culture Monday, according to Commissioner Dermot Shea.
Roughly 600 anti-crime unit plainclothes officers were reassigned to new roles, effective immediately, Shea said. The officers will now work in "a variety of assignments including detective bureaus, neighborhood policing and other assignments," Shea said.
The new change will shift how officers police New York, Shea said.
"It will be felt immediately among the five district attorney's offices. It will be felt immediately in the communities we protect," Shea said, adding that the NYPD will still have plainclothes officers among the ranks.

 

[occupied]

Plainclothes cops are mostly drugs and vice. Useless because there is still all the drugs and vice anyone could want. They just feed the prison industry a steady stream of repeat offenders.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Plainclothes cops are mostly drugs and vice. Useless because there is still all the drugs and vice anyone could want. They just feed the prison industry a steady stream of repeat offenders.

As Chief Shea of NYPD said, "it's time for 21st Century policing".

 

[theHawk]

Plainclothes cops are mostly drugs and vice. Useless because there is still all the drugs and vice anyone could want. They just feed the prison industry a steady stream of repeat offenders.

Yea, how dare they enforce the law.

 

[pknopp]

Stop and Frisk was supposed to have ended years ago so I'm not understanding the connect here? Are we saying it didn't end? That plainclothed policemen were created to carry out Stop and Frisk (because they weren't).

The end also had nothing to do with local officials. The courts ruled it unconstitutional because it was.

 

[Dekster]

Sorry but "community policing" + "still have plainsclothes" sounds a lot like=Stop and Frisk 3.0