NYPD Shifting Anti-terror Cops To The Streets

Hard hit by budget cuts the NYPD has decided to fight spiking crime rates by reassigning anti-terror cops to street patrols in tough neighborhoods.

But not everyone thinks shifting patrols is a good idea.

Outside the Empire State Building, one of the top terror targets in the city, some New Yorkers were outraged by the shift and had some strong words for Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

“He’s cutting down? Hmm … why is that a bad thing?” said Francisco Santos of East New York. “Because we might get bombed again? Yeah, definitely consider it a bad thing.”

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