NYPD Launches "Summer All-Out" with Additional Police Officers to Further Reduce Crime and Violence

Summer All-Out Commands Saw 36% Reduction in Murders and 16% Reduction in Shootings Last Year.

  Starting Thursday, May 23, the NYPD is deploying hundreds of police officers to historically high crime neighborhoods to continue the historic crime reduction in New York City. During Summer All-Out in 2018, the city experienced significant reductions in shootings and murders in commands where additional police officers were assigned. In 2018 Summer All-Out commands, there was a reduction of 8 murders, or 36%, and 11 fewer shootings, or 16%.

This is the fifth year the NYPD has redeployed police officers to commands with historically elevated levels of violence. The following commands are receiving additional officers beginning today: 40, 42, 44, 67, 73, 75, 79, 113, PSA 3, PSA 5, and Transit Bureau Manhattan Task Force. All police officers assigned to Summer All-Out attended a one day refresher training course designed to reemphasize the neighborhood policing and de-escalation techniques.

"The Summer All-Out allows the NYPD to keep the city's crime reduction momentum going as we enter the summer months, said Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan. "This year, we have added more officers than ever before and extended the program by three additional weeks. Working hand-in-hand with community members and their fellow cops, these additional officers will focus on further reducing crime and violence. Also new this year, the Transit Bureau will receive an allotment of officers. Thanks to the hard work of the men and women in blue, New York City experienced reductions in both crime and violence during prior Summer All-Outs — and we look forward a similar outcome this year."