NEW NAME: The NYPD to roll out new ‘Neighborhood Safety Teams’ to replace anti-crime unit

NEW YORK POST: The NYPD will soon roll out a new hybrid plainclothes police squad to combat gun violence in the Big Apple — in what appears to be a revamped version of the disbanded anti-crime unit, The Post has learned.

The new units, dubbed Neighborhood Safety Teams, will replace the uniformed Public Safety Teams in the top 30 commands where shootings surged last year, according to a memo sent out Friday by Chief of Department Ken Corey.

“Neighborhood Safety Teams will be responsible for addressing violent street crimes, specifically targeting perpetrators who carry and use illegal firearms,” according to the memo obtained by The Post.

“They will perform duty attired in a hybrid plain-clothes/uniform, and their name, rank, and shield number will appear on their outermost garment at all times so that the public and other officers can identify them as members of the service.”

The move appears to fulfill a campaign promise by Eric Adams to reinstitute the controversial anti-crime unit, which was disbanded by former Police Commissioner Dermot Shea last year.

When Shea disbanded the squad, he said it was “in the realm of closing on one of the last chapters on stop, question and frisk.”

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell previously told The Post that she believed “plainclothes units work” but you had to staff the squads with “well-trained officers” who “know what their objectives are.”

The department asked police brass in the memo for a list of qualified candidates in their commands....

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