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struggles with suspects in last 3 months
By Dean Balsamini and Tina Moore
Published Feb. 18, 2024 Updated Feb. 18, 2024, 8:50 a.m. ET

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A total of 1,286 NYPD officers were injured in battles with suspects over the last quarter of 2023, bringing
the final annual tally to a record 5,363 injured cops, department data show.
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Radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors
is the brew that fuels the dangerous and disturbing trend, experts told The Post.

Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry called the assaults on NYPD cops a “full-blown
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epidemic.” He added: “Even the simplest summonses are turning into all-out brawls. Our justice system
needs to send a clear message, once and for all — is you assault a police officer, you will stay in jail.”

The number of cops hurt by suspects surged 20% in 2022, when 4,724 uniformed officers suffered injuries
in attacks, compared to 3,933 in 2021. The 5,363 attacks in 2023 was 13% higher than the previous year
(4,737).

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NYPD Lt. Gypsy Pichardo was left with gruesome facial injuries and
needed
eight stitches on his left eye after being jumped by two thugs at a Bronx
subway station in November.

NYPD surveillance video released last week shows the suspects charged with assaulting two police officers in Times
Square in January.
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The war against cops has officers searching for greener pastures.

Former NYPD Lt. Rob Corbett, 50, was assaulted and bloodied during the George Floyd protests/riots in
May 2020.

He was hit in the face with a flying brick while trying to keep the peace near the Barclay Center in
Brooklyn and later in Clinton Hill.

Corbett, who needed stitches and extensive dental work, retired in April 2022 after 25 years on the job
and hightailed it to Florida, where he’s now a cop near Orlando.

Screenshot from a video that captured NYPD Lt. Gypsy

Pichardo
being assaulted on the evening of Nov. 11 on a northbound
#1 subway train at West 238th Street in the Bronx.

“I couldn’t do it [the NYPD job] anymore, given the state of the laws, you know, the changes to the laws
and all of that stuff as well,” Corbett told The Post this week. “So it wasn’t the profession it was just where
I was doing the profession.”

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Corbett, who has two kids, a 12-year-old boy, and 14-year-old girl, said his new job has given him a new
outlook.

“It’s so much friendlier down here. You know, it’s a better place to be a cop and the laws are so much
better,” he explained. “I gave up my rank and my seniority, you know, started from scratch at a huge pay
cut. But the quality of life is a million times better.”

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DixterLives undefined
9 minutes ago
In order for any entity to be successful and thrive its members must share the same aspirations
nd goals. This is a fundamental principle of any leadership course. It is impossible for people
have the same aspirations and goals when they don't share the same values. Diversity is not a

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Jess Sayin
15 minutes ago
The New York Post refusing to allow comments on its lead story about truckers refusing to
eliver to New York starting today means they KNOW this could be the end of New York. Very,
few truckers are liberals. If these guys get wind in their sails, it's over in 30 days because
York is finis...
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Anatonious Dubroninski
12 minutes ago
I agree. I just read the article and can also see the NYP deliberately not allowing
omments. It would be the greatest event of the year. I recommend we all post on our
media sites this article.
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Alison
5 minutes ago
All truckers should boycott NYC. What NYC, Soros, AG James and the little roach judge
is corruption at the highest level. We stand with the truckers!!!!

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Alison
16 minutes ago
Why would anyone want to be a cop in a Democratic city? The laws and policies of Democrats
rotect criminals. Police hands are tied, and criminals will sue at the drop of a dime and will be
on the streets in no time. Criminals have rights cops don't.

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