NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With town nonetheless reeling from a pandemic of gun violence, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday hinted he would possibly rent extra cops and faculty security officers.
He’s vowing additionally to enact new reforms to maintain children secure at school, after CBS2’s Marcia Kramer confirmed him footage of a backpack filled with weapons discovered at a Manhattan college.
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Adams shut his eyes and and took a deep breathe after an image Kramer handed him of weapons and different gear in a backpack delivered to Manhattan’s Intermediate College 70 by a 14-year-old.
“That is actual. These are actual weapons that may very well be used on academics, employees, directors, and most significantly our kids,” Adams stated.
The mayor, dealing with a public security disaster after two cops were gunned down and others had been wounded, spoke out after Kramer requested him concerning the want for extra cops and headcount reductions which have left the NYPD College Security Division with 2,000 fewer brokers.
“Marcia, that is such an essential query that you just ask,” Adams stated. “When folks assault me for having college security brokers in our colleges they should see this. I’m not eradicating my college security brokers. We’re gong to do an evaluation of the wants and I’m going to guard my kids.”
The mayor can also be conducting an evaluation of the NYPD to see if there are sufficient cops to hold out his aggressive blueprint for public security to get weapons off the road.
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He additionally has plans to enhance college security.
“I’m exploring to vary the uniform of our faculty security brokers. We’re new expertise that establish weapons that isn’t the magnetometers that may very well be very intimidating. We’re ensuring that across the grounds are secure and we’re different strategies to cope with battle decision,” Adams stated.
This as police and different metropolis unions started notifying their members that they have until Feb. 11 to get COVID vaccinations or be terminated.
An NYPD spokesman stated solely about 200 cops and civilian workers can be affected, however the mayor is resolute that his vaccine mandate be adopted.
“Security is just not solely to cease a bullet, a knife, or another merchandise. Security is COVID. COVID is taking lives. There have to be guidelines and we should comply with them. The rule is to get vaccinated, in the event you’re a metropolis worker. It’s important to comply with that,” Adams stated.
The mayor additionally stated he was wanting ahead to President Joe Biden’s go to right here later within the week to debate public security, and with the swagger we’ve come to anticipate from him he stated the president was coming as a result of he’s the president’s “favourite mayor.”
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Gregory Floyd, the pinnacle of the college security union, referred to as the mayor’s response to Kramer’s query encouraging. Nonetheless, he identified that final week Adams talked of phasing out college security brokers.
