(NEW YORK)-- Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell welcomed the first police officers to work a new flexible schedule as the department attempts to increase morale and slow an exodus of veteran officers.
Sewell addressed the officers at Wednesday morning’s roll call at the 47th Precinct in the Bronx, selected as one of the first to allow officers to work the extended tours -- a quality of life initiative that emerged from recent contract negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association.
The flexible schedule comes amid a mass exodus of veteran officers retiring or taking jobs at other departments for better pay and benefits. The department is experiencing high overtime costs as the rest of the force picks up the slack with extra hours. “We look forward to making sure this works best for you, and we look forward to broadening it to the rest of the NYPD.”
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