The city will allocate more than $ 1 million to make all the cars the NYPD bulletproof after the blatant murder of female police officers this week. Police officer Miosotis Familia was shot and killed in the workplace in a mobile command post.
This part of the money of more than $ 17 million that was already earmarked to insert bullet proof panels in doors and Windows more than 3800 patrol cars after the officers vanitzian Liu and Rafael Ramos were shot while in official cars in 2014. Another COP – Brian Moore was shot in his car in 2015.
«We mourn the loss of an officer of the Familia, and it makes us to remember about our community and about the safety of our men and women in blue, who daily patrol the city to protect the lives of new Yorkers,» said mayor bill de Blasio in a statement.
48-year-old Familia was in the police mobile command post at 12:30 a.m. July 5, when shot in the head killed her 34-year-old Alexander bonds.
On Thursday, the Commissioner of the NYPD ‘s James O’neill discussed the plan of adding the bulletproof technology for a specified amount of police cars, and all vehicles NYPD used officers to patrol.
When asked about funding, he said it was «no problem».
The program is equipping cars NYPD bulletproof panels began in 2016 and was to end only after a year. However, in view of the current situation the program will be completed by the end of this year. In the next 2 weeks another 500 vehicles will be converted and will be armored.
«My goal as a police Commissioner to do everything possible to protect and equip our police officers,» O’neill said in a statement.
