The NYPD sergeant's union is resisting a proposed 12-hour shift pilot program aimed at settling numerous contract disputes. Vincent Vallelong, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, emphasizes that officers are already overworked due to diminishing team numbers and that implementing longer shifts could lead to increased burnout and jeopardize health and safety. This press against the proposal highlights ongoing tensions around officer working conditions and staffing issues within the NYPD.
The president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, Vincent Vallelong, said the proposal to have his members, whom he says are already overburdened given their declining numbers, work the longer shifts would risk further burnout and also risk their health and safety.
We're basically running it on fumes because there is nowhere near enough manpower to fill something like this.
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