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NYPD mobile command centers to be retrofitted

6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago Thursday, July 06 2017 Jul 6, 2017 July 06, 2017 7:29 PM July 06, 2017 in News
Source: Associated Press
By: APNewsNow

NEW YORK - The New York Police Department says it plans to add bullet-resistant glass and armor to its mobile command centers after the fatal shooting of a police officer as she sat in one.
 
NYPD spokesman Peter Donald said Thursday the department plans to begin retrofitting 72 of the RV-like vehicles as a safety measure.
 
The original program had the nation's largest police department adding the protection only to its roughly 3,800 marked and unmarked patrol cars and not the command centers.
 
Wednesday's killing of Officer Miosotis Familia by a gunman who blasted a bullet through an ordinary window left some people wondering if enough was done to protect her.
 

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