new york police officers are turning a blind eye to minor crimes and only making arrests when they have to because they're concerned about their safety. the police union is now demanding that two patrol cars respond to all police calls. and that has led to much slower response times to non-emergencies. megyn. >> trace thank you. and two officers fired on while monitoring traffic despite the fact they were in two separate cars. and breaking we're learning new york city's mayor will act to try to tamp down the mess we're seeing here. he'll meet with the heads of five different police unions tomorrow including some of his harshest critics. one of those leaders joins me now. sergeant ed mullens, president of the sergeants benevolent association and one of the men who turned his back on the mayor in a now-viral video the night those officers were killed. ed, good to see you tonight. >> thank you. >> so you're going to meet with mayor de blasio tomorrow because it has finally reached a boiling point and the mayor's now paying
you can't live without him, geraldo rivera. >> that's so nice. >> thank you very much. >> fox news alert. as you can see, they closed down a couple of bridges. there were some arrests. what's interesting is mayor de blasio, the top guy here in new york city, not blaming one cop. but instead, he wants to retrain all the cops and it starts with respecting the public and then learning how to do their job. >> well, i have no problem with that. the president of the sergeants benevolent association, good friend of mine, told me yesterday that he would be okay, for example, if there was an independent prosecutor to review these cases where there was an allegation of excessive use of force. i think that along with body cameras and the widespread distribution of tasers as an alternative to the sidearm, to the .9 millimeter or in addition to that, i think those three