Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling on the New York Police Department to reinstate its recently-shuttered anti-crime unit as the Big Apple continues to struggle with a surge in gun violence. “I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,” Adams, a former police officer, told CBS New York. The NYPD Anti-Crime Unit was shut down in mid-June amid protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, with its roughly 600 plainclothes officers being reassigned to other divisions. “Make no mistake, this is a seismic shift in the culture of how the NYPD polices this great city,” Shea had said, according to the Associated Press. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPolice Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch criticized the disbanding when it was announced, warning that city leaders will have to "reckon with the consequences."

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 18:33 UTC