NYC ‘Will Fall Apart’ if NYPD Continues Social Distancing Enforcement, Police Union Warns

New York City police officers work the scene of a police involved shooting outside the 41st precinct in New York on Feb. 9, 2020. John Minchillo/AP Photo

The union representing police officers in New York City warned Monday that “the city will fall apart” if officers continue to follow the current policy of enforcing social distancing.

Referring to the New York Police Department (NYPD), Patrick Lynch, the president of the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York—the city’s largest police union—described the current situation as “untenable.”