Assaults on NYPD Officers Hit Record Pace
“Everyone wants to fight,” said one 28-year-old female officer on the Upper West Side who was recently injured while cuffing a shoplifting suspect.

NYPD officer under attack in late January by suspects described as migrants. The suspects were released by the district attorney.
NYPD officers are getting beaten at a record-setting pace — a disturbing and dangerous trend fueled by radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors, experts told The Post.
The number of officers hurt by suspects surged 20% in 2022, when 4,724 uniformed officers suffered injuries in attacks, compared to 3,933 in 2021.
But the law enforcement nightmare grew worse last year, when 4,077 cops were hurt by suspects in just the first nine months of 2023 — on pace for a record-breaking 5,436 injuries, the latest NYPD stats show.
The data for the last quarter of 2023 has not been released.
“Well over 5,000 cops were attacked and injured last year – that’s not only a record, it’s a full-blown epidemic,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry told The Post.
“Everyone wants to fight,” said one 28-year-old female officer on the Upper West Side who was recently injured while cuffing a shoplifting suspect.
She said the suspect fought against her so hard she sprained her hand.
“He got out the same day,” she groused.
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