A major change is coming to how the NYPD operates in The Bronx.<\/p>\n
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced the borough will be split into two patrol commands: Bronx North and Bronx South. The structure is already used in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.<\/p>\n
“For too long, The Bronx has experienced more crime per capita than any other borough while operating under a structure that hasn’t kept pace with the demands placed on it,” Tisch said.<\/p>\n
The NYPD says The Bronx accounted for more than one-third of all shooting incidents and shooting victims last year, and Bronx residents made nearly one million calls for service.<\/p>\n
Retired NYPD detective Phil Grimaldi said the new setup will allow police to focus more closely on specific problem areas.<\/p>\n
“If there’s a specific area of The Bronx that’s getting a lot of crime\u2026 they’re going to be able to focus more and have the resources focus on those locations,” he said.<\/p>\n
Tisch said the change will bring nearly 200 additional officers to the borough, along with specialized units in homicide, narcotics, neighborhood safety, and auto crime.<\/p>\n
News 12 is still working to determine how the 12 precincts will be divided and whether the current command center will remain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major change is coming to how the NYPD operates in The Bronx. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,103,46198,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-129702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-nypd","13":"tag-nypd-data","14":"tag-the-bronx","15":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","16":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}