Page 4 - Work Slowdown News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Done anything wrong. >> that's correct. he is totally driven by his ideology. secondly would change his attitude and policy to go back to the aggressive policing that actually got him elected. >> that's an ideological viewpoint. let's address powers' contention that the police officers are wrong because they are putting people, innocent people in danger by not enforcing these low level beefs? is that correct? >> i understand that point of view because they are hired to make sure that the public is safe. so i get that point of view. however, these cops cannot take it anymore. they cannot functi...

Done anything wrong. >> that's correct. he is totally driven by his ideology. secondly would change his attitude and policy to go back to the aggressive policing that actually got him elected. >> that's an ideological viewpoint. let's address powers' contention that the police officers are wrong because they are putting people, innocent people in danger by not enforcing these low level beefs? is that correct? >> i understand that point of view because they are hired to make sure that the public is safe. so i get that point of view. however, these cops cannot take it anymore. they cannot functi...

Assassination of two of its own, detectives rafael ramos and wenjian liu. >> he walked a path of courage. >> reporter: coming amidst mounting tensions between the police and new york city mayor bill de blasio at the funerals of liu, a large number of officers turned their backs on the mayor saying the mayor has not been supportive of the nypd. >> they were disrespectful to the families who had lost their loved one. and i can't understand why anyone would do such a thing in a context like that. >> reporter: but the protest may potentially go back beyond back turning. statistics show a sharp dec...

In police activity, the so-called blue flu, a work slowdown by many within the force. total arrests down 56% in the last week. tickets and criminal summons down more than 90% from the previous year. >> at this time, i'd not use the term slowdown, if in fact we feel myself and the leadership team that that's what we're dealing w we'll call it that and we'll deal with it accordingly. >> miguel marquez joins us now. do we know the conditions of the officer right now? >> stable condition for both. they are through surgery, through the worst of it. one of the officers may be released from the hospi...

Baltimore sent an armed suspect into our building to see our security. to test our security. that is alarming for us. that is alarming to me. and i'm going to send a message along those lines to understand that we're not going to cower, we're not going to back down. clearly this was not a rumor. clearly this was not something that was hyperbole. this happened. >> armstrong told police that he was told to enter the police station. he faces a variety of charges now. police officers may also be taking extra precautions that baltimore police are recommending. a new plunge in nypd police officers...