By Thomas Tracy
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — Seven cop vehicles utilized by the NYPD’s controversial Strategic Response Group — the heavily-armed police process power Mayor Mamdani has vowed to disband — had been had their tires slashed whereas parked in Brooklyn, police stated Wednesday.
The vandalism was found exterior a Strategic Response Group unit’s headquarters on Coney Island Ave. close to Caton Ave. in Kensington about 4:30 p.m. Monday, police stated.
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Nine tires on seven marked automobiles had been slashed or punctured, police stated. The harm was discovered as Monday’s historic blizzard that introduced some 20 inches of snow to the town was winding down.
Cops are scouring the realm searching for surveillance footage that might assist them establish the vandal.
During his marketing campaign for mayor, Mamdani promised to disband the Strategic Response Group, which is routinely referred to as in to deal with massive protests and has been accused of extreme power at rallies.
After turning into mayor, he renewed his vow to rid the town of those groups.
“We need to disband the SRG, and I’m currently in conversations with the police commissioner about the ways in which we can do so that are operational,” Mamdani informed reporters in late January.
The squad, which was created by former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton in 2015 to reply to large-scale emergencies that native precinct cops couldn’t deal with.
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