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Up until now, I have refrained from commenting on Joseph D. McNamara's frequent attacks on the police department he abandoned 26 years ago for greener pastures. However his description of the methods, goals and spirit of the New York Police Department is so unfair, and so far from the truth, th...

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Main Authors Louis R. Anemon. Manhattan. Editor's Note: The writer is chief of department of the New York City Police, Dennelly Baldwin, Thomas E, Steven Arnofsky. East Meadow, Samuel Forsythe. Calverton, Michael Mostow. Bohemia, Marc Elliott. Syosset
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LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 03.05.1999
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Summary:Up until now, I have refrained from commenting on Joseph D. McNamara's frequent attacks on the police department he abandoned 26 years ago for greener pastures. However his description of the methods, goals and spirit of the New York Police Department is so unfair, and so far from the truth, that it is impossible to let his statements pass unchallenged {"Giuliani Cop System Doesnt Work," April 15}. McNamara states that "increased complaints seem to have been regarded as the price of quality-of-life policing," while disregarding the fact that in recent years the number of civilian complaints against officers has generally gone down, and not up. His absurd comparison of the police department to agents of "communism" trying to "export" their revolutionary ideas is almost amusing. Less amusing are his baseless attacks on the hard-working men and women of the department who serve their community with unmatched dedication. But McNamara makes one statement that is irrefutably true. Those who hate and fear the police will not work with us in our efforts to reduce crime and create a better, safer, stronger city for all New Yorkers. I am therefore left at a loss to understand why McNamara should work so hard to increase the very feelings he recognizes as fatal to the common good. Louis R. Anemon. Manhattan Editor's Note: The writer is chief of department of the New York City Police.