In response to the episode, rank-and-file officers and supervisors in the 34th Precinct are being retrained on the protocols surrounding pursuits.
Police in Inwood are being retrained on pursuit protocols after officers in an NYPD cruiser drove through a closed street where elementary school students were holding recess, Gothamist has learned.
One parent, Adam Blazej, said in an interview that his son in first grade told him the police car ran over chalk left in the street for kids to play with. The pursuit, his son said, “felt close." The education department said it sent additional resources to the school after the police chase, which shook students and staff.The moped riders were suspected of snatching a 17-year-old boy’s chain from his neck at gunpoint only an hour prior in the Bronx, the police spokesperson wrote in an email. The gun was fired during the confrontation, though no one was injured.
The notes indicate that the pursuit was “terminated” shortly after the cruiser drove through the closed street. An officer soon returned to the school “to see if anyone was hurt,” according to the meeting notes, which detail the rapid sequence of events. A “visibly angry” staffer told the officer everyone was OK.
"The safety and wellbeing of our students is our top priority,” said city education department spokesperson Jenna Lyle. “Following this incident, additional supports were established at this school to ensure that parents and students had the resources they need to feel safe at school."
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