New York Police Department launches new flexible schedules
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. 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. Sewell told the officers -- the first to be on a 12 hour tour -- that the schedule brings “more time with your family and friends with no compromise to public safety.” MORE: Off-duty NYPD officer shot during robbery has died, officials say The flexible schedule comes amid a mass exodus of veteran officers retiring or taking jobs at other departme...