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NYPD Memo Informs Officers to be Ready for Election Protests

NYPD Memo Informs Officers to be Ready for Election Protests

With Election Day nearing, all uniformed NYPD officers are being told through an internal memo to prepare for deployment starting October 25th, as the department anticipates heated protests, NY1 reported.

"We should anticipate and prepare for protests growing in size, frequency and intensity leading up to the election and likely into the year 2021," the memo issued by Police Commissioner Dermot Shea reads.

Department officers will also undergo crowd control training.

Commissioner Shea said, on "Mornings on 1" that the circumstances surrounding protests are different now than demonstrations during the early summer months.

"You look back at the springtime; we had many, many protests here in New York City. The difference was that it was coming on the heels of the pandemic where really there was no crime to deal with. People were inside for the most part. It's a different scenario now."


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