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NYPD's Bermuda Trip Denied!
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 7, 2010
Modified Jan 7, 2010
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There are probably some very pissed off cops in NYC today. The NYPD denies it, but it looks like a number of officers in the Gang Division were packing their bags for sunny Bermuda, to help neutralize a wave of gang shootings there. But after the tabloids caught wind of, the department backed way from the plan. And you can understand why, when the Post's lede is, "Looks like crime is so low in New York that the NYPD is reportedly loaning out officers to Bermuda."
Nor does it look good for Mayor Bloomberg—who has a residence on the island—when the Bermuda Public Safety Minister David Burch is giving these kinds of statements to The Royal Gazette: "Mayor Bloomberg rang the Premier, as a resident of Bermuda and someone who has a keen interest in the safety of Bermuda. He is a friend and said, 'We probably can help. Get your Commissioner to talk to the head of our Gang Unit.'"
But the Mayor's office seems to be denying this, and instructed NYPD spokesman Paul Browne to issue this statement:
Deputy Chief Robert Boyce of the NYPD Gang Division consulted by telephone with Bermuda Police officials last month regarding strategies to suppress gang violence. No offer was made or agreed upon to send NYPD personnel to Bermuda, however. Chief Boyce was informed by Bermuda authorities that an FBI team would be travelling there to assist them.
Now the Bermuda officials seem a little bit offended, and when reached for comment, the Minister would only say, "I refer all media to what I said in my statement yesterday, which stated that we have accepted the offer of Mayor Michael Bloomberg." The NYPD points out that they "periodically send personnel to foreign countries to assist on issues ranging from hostage negotiation to organized crime and internal affairs, with the costs assumed by the US State Department or the host nation." It just gets a little awkward when they're being dispatched to keep Bloomberg's vacation spot safe.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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