Lee questions Tisch on patrol staffing breakdown

Brief question on headcount.

So the headcount is approximately 35,000.

What percent of this 35,000 is patrol officers versus community affairs and any other units?

Oh, I have that.

Hold on one second.

Oh, here it is.

Our patrol staffing, I'm very pleased to tell you, is 888 officers, as of April 30th this year, 888

officers over what it was the same time in 2025.

So we have nearly 1,000 additional officers on patrol now if you compare April 30th of this year to April 30th of...

last year and that our number right now I believe is 15,749.

I want to be clear, those numbers include our evidence collection teams and our domestic violence units.

So I'll just explain why.

Historically, so last year and the year before and the year before that, forever, those two teams were part of our patrol services.

Bureau so they were included as part of the patrol headcount They have been moved now to be under the detective Bureau But they perform the same functions that they performed when they were under

patrol services So I'm giving you an apples-to-apples comparison

And the Bronx is up 250 officers.

I know you care about that since last year.

Thank you so much for that.

We'll take more if there's...

You're about to get more.

That's the great thing about all the hiring we did last year.

Now we do 18 months of training for these officers on the street.

And as they hit that 18 months, they go into precincts where they're responding to 911 jobs.

So every few months now, precincts across the city are going to see an influx of new police officers on patrol.

And it is something now that we can enjoy for the next year and so long as our great hiring continues.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for that.

We're absolutely seeing the results.

I've been around a few incidents and the police response has been at the speed of light.

So that's something that we appreciate and we welcome.