A reduction to one law enforcement officer from two cops at a critical juncture along the 2,000-square-mile network that provides water to the city and the elimination of officers altogether at another could pose increased risks to the system, according to rank and file Department of Environmental Protection police who patrol the system.
The officers were told Feb. 21 by their commanders that the armored police booth at the Croton Filtration Plant in the Bronx will be reduced from two cops on duty 24/7 to just one and that there would no longer be an officer at the Kensico Dam armored police booth in Valhalla.
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