Lee questions Tisch and LaPetrie on officer deployment for events
Lee asks about officer deployment numbers for large protests versus smaller events. Tisch and LaPetrie explain it varies greatly, citing 3,000+ officers assigned to a recent parade, with deployment based on security risks and expected participation.
All right, and just two more questions.
I know we have a lot of...
colleagues who have signed up for questions.
A few questions about officer deployment.
Approximately how many officers do we have for a large protest versus a smaller protest, also large-scale events, and also for parades, a smaller parade versus a larger parade?
What's the ballpark of a lot of officers?
Really runs the gamut.
It just, it varies so much that it is hard to answer that question.
Do you want to?
Sure, I can answer it.
Let's just look at yesterday's parade.
So yesterday's parade, and this is total uniform members, so I'm not separating our CT teams, I'm not separating our emergency service.
We had over 3,000 offices that were assigned.
To that detail.
And again, we look at security risks, we look at past incidents, not just in New York City, but across the world, and we also look at how many participants we expect at those events.
So a lot of times it could be hundreds of officers,
but many times it could be thousands of officers.
And the same is true for protests.
It just really depends on how many people are expected to go to the protests, where is the protest, what time of day, what else is going on, all of those factors.
If I may also just, the tiered system that we have in the protest element speaks to this as well, right?
So it's everything that the chief of department was just saying, the police commissioner was saying.
And then one thing that has been a product of the protest settlement.
is thinking through, okay, how many officers do we actually need to do this responsibly, appropriately, consistent with the settlement?
And I think that's actually been a real benefit of the protest settlement.