NYPD explicitly enforces quotas as city loses revenue

The New York Police Department's "work stoppage" in protest of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has been applauded by many as an unintentionally successful way to lower police-community tensions. But city officials are less happy about this, as the city faces an income decrease of about $10 million per week thanks to loss of normal ticket revenue.

As a result, police have been ordered to turn in "activity sheets" — basically explicit quotas — on pain of being refused vacation and sick leave. "Everyone here is under orders — no time off," an officer in Queens told the New York Post. "And the majority of [new] summonses written aren't protecting the public in any way. But now they're realizing how much revenue the city is losing and they’re enforcing their will upon us."

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