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Moving Away From 'Brute Force,' Shea Dissolves Anti-Crime Unit

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 6/19/20

Seeing to mend a frayed relationship with residents following weeks of protests against police brutality, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced June 15 that the NYPD had disbanded its plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit. 

The roughly 600-officer contingent has historically been involved in proportionately more use-of-force incidents and police-involved shootings than uniformed officers.

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