8 FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH 1, 2018 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP
Neighborhood policing coming soon
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
MMCGOLDRICK@BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM
It’s time for Beat Cop 2.0.
The NYPD will roll out a new
neighborhood policing program
into its patrol patterns at both the
68th and 62nd Precincts, according
to Councilmember Justin Brannan,
a newly minted local pol who called
for the program during his 2017
campaign.
The 62nd Precinct will first see the
addition of neighborhood coordination
officers (NCOs) in April – with
an official rollout slated for April
24, according to the precinct’s commanding
officer, Captain Anthony
Longobardi – with the 68 following
suit in the summer.
Neighborhood policing is a comprehensive
plan meant to strengthen the
connection between the NYPD and
the communities it serves by dividing
each precinct into four or five sectors
and assigning sector officers to work
the same shifts in the same neighborhood
to increase familiarity and build
relationships with residents.
Each sector will also be assigned
two NCOs that serve as liaisons
between the Police Department and
the community, while also working
directly with neighborhood leaders
to find long-term solutions for issues
facing each ‘hood. It is the work of
both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police
Commissioner James O'Neill.
Longobardi lauded the move at a
Tuesday, February 20 62nd Precinct
Community Council meeting.
“I’m really excited about it and I
think everybody here is going to love
it,” he said of the program which he
noted was “started by former Police
Commissioner William Bratton but
perfected by O’Neill.” “Basically what
we’re going to do is we’re going to take
the precinct and we’re going to reshuffle
it as far as the way the boundaries
are, and every one of those new areas
is going to get two officers – kind of
like the beat cop, but different.
“These cops are crime fighters,”
Longobardi went on, “but they’re also
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going to be in constant contact. The
same way I sit here at these meetings
and listen to community complaints,
in two months, they’re going to give
you their cell phone numbers, their
email addresses, they will be your
point person. They’re going to hold
their own meetings in their own
neighborhoods and have their own
Twitter feeds and everything.”
Deputy Inspector Joseph Hayward,
commanding officer of the 68th
Precinct, shared in Longobardi’s
excitement.
“I’m happy to get the program. Any
precinct can always benefit from better
police and community relations,”
he told this paper. “I look forward
to meeting with community leaders
that are not involved with the precinct
community council and expanding
our 68 community family.”
Brannan called the implementation
an important one.
“It’s important that residents and
police officers work together to build
trust in order to achieve the mutual
goal of safe streets and strong neighborhoods.
I am happy to see more
resources and officers for the 68 and
62, but it’s not about simply hiring or
dispatching more officers, it’s about
using them in a smart way and producing
positive results,” he said.
The 62 will introduce its new NCOs
on Tuesday, April 24 at Seth Low
Intermediate School, 99 Avenue P at
7 p.m. “There, you’ll actually get to
meet one on one with your new NCOs,”
Longobardi said.
The 68th Precinct serves Bay Ridge,
Fort Hamilton and Dyker Heights, and
the 62nd Precinct serves Gravesend,
Bath Beach and Bensonhurst.
“Protecting all New Yorkers is important
work,” Brannan continued.
“This move to replace broken windows
policing with neighborhood policing
will simultaneously make our neighborhoods
safer, and build respect and
trust between police and the communities
they serve.”
EXCLUSIVE
“It’s important that residents and
police officers work together to
build trust in order to achieve the
mutual goal of safe streets and
strong neighborhoods.”
— Councilmember Justin Brannan