Last week, Michael Dowd visited One Police Plaza and took pictures. And the brass is not happy. Dowd was involved in the biggest corruption case in NYPD history. It took the NYPD years to gain the trust back from the general public. Dowd served over a decade of his most productive years in jail, not seeing his kids grow up. He will always have the title “Corrupt cop” before his name. As for Dowd being at Police Plaza; it’s a public building. Someone who had permission to enter signed him in! And Dowd will never receive the Department ID with the words “Retired” across the picture. Besides Michael Dowd was convicted 28 years ago. And at 62 years old, its not like Dowd is running the streets doing stick ups.
The Department should be worried about officer safety and officer tactics and use of force more than Michael Dowd playing tourist. Last week in the Flatiron neighborhood in Manhattan, Members of the Service (MoS) performed a traffic stop. The driver had a weapon and did not want to go to jail. So; the driver puts the car in reverse and strikes one officer. There’s another officer striking the driver’s side window with a baton. Another officer standing on the passenger side with his weapon out, but did not press the trigger as other cops were in the line of fire. This is not the NYPD that Dowd, Walter Yurkiw or even myself joined. NYPD brass should worry more about officer tactics than Michael Dowd!
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