Some Streets In New York City Just Became A Bit Safer For Criminals

Let’s give a round of applause to Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the NYPD for this one.   I am married to a now retired NYPD Officer and over the years have met and become quite close to a few black and Hispanic Police Officers.  Over the years I have personally witnessed some of them stopping crimes while off duty.  In one such case there was an incident on a NYC transit bus and as we were about to drive pass the bus we noticed the emergency sign to call 911.

The black off duty Police Officer I was riding with asked me to call 911 and tell them that a black off duty male officer was on the scene and to make sure to tell the operator to inform responding Officers that he was on the scene.   Another situation I witnessed was while my wife, a fellow officer, family, friends and I were heading to church one morning, two cars turned onto the block at a high rate of speed.  One pulled over after the other cut in front of it, the driver and passenger from the car that cut in front jumped out and started to approach the second car with tire iron and knife in hand.  My wife and the fellow off duty officer who happened to be carrying his off duty weapon responded and made the initial arrests.