NYPD to Eliminate Plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit Despite Crime Surge. De Blasio should just send out open invitations to criminals and get it over with.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) on Monday announced that it is disbanding its anti-crime unit — a group of approximately 600 plainclothes police officers who blend in with the general population to combat crime — in the wake of protests and violent unrest over the death of George Floyd.
