The NYPD’s newest unit of crime-fighters deals in a dangerous game, but safety is their middle name.
The much-publicized new NYPD Neighborhood Safety Teams were ceremonially unveiled Wednesday morning in Queens with fanfare and speeches from Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell. Both the department brass and the Adams administration are counting on the new teams to help turn around the alarming spike in gun violence New York has experienced over the past two years.
With the new unit standing beside them, the mayor and police commissioner stood within Queens’ Police Academy and looked to both introduce the team to the public while also hoping to alleviate fears that the Neighborhood Safety Teams would fail to uphold the rights of citizens while working to uphold the law.
