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Protective vests on. all of this on the back drop of frustration against the mayor and for the first time the mayor addressed the tensions and police turning their backs on him at a press conference. >> those individuals who took certain actions these last week or last two weeks really they were disrespectful to the families involved. they were disrespectful to the families who lost their loved ones. i can't understand why anyone would do such a thing in the context like that. >> that happened after the police commissioner had asked, asked officers not to turn their backs on the mayor in a mem...

Low level arrests. this is raising concern of a work slowdown by nypd officers. we have miguel marquez with more on the story. >> reporter: this is a disturbing issue here with the shooting of two officers. officers in plain clothes. not targeted like in the previous shootings of officer liu and officer ramos. this robbery was taking place in the bronx as the officers tried to enter a shop. one of the assailants shot one in the back and one in the elbow. they were off duty. all of this against a back drop of tension with the mayor and his police force. he addressed that yesterday in a press co...

>> new york's police commissioner said the suspects fled the scene after hijacking a car later found abandoned with a black revolver nearby. the suspects described as hispanic males between 25-30 years old. >> investigators were notified of a male who had entered colombia presbyterian hospital in upper manhattan, with a gunshot wound to the back. the detectives are currently investigating any possible connection to this previous incident. >> this comes as the police department is still reeling from the loss of two of their own in a city still grappling with tensions between police and the comm...

Old days are coming back don't come and do your dnc here in new york and that was part of a better contract to negotiate a better contract with de blasio there's a lot going on here despite the tragic shootings to say it's going to calm down or anytime soon belies the fact there's a lot going on here. in terms of the next steps, what's coming up i think the nypd risks overplaying their hand a little bit. to the extent you have "the new york post" and the "daily news" tabloids that have been pro-cop in dispute dating back to the giuliani days and bloomberg that suggests to me the work slowdown ...

Occupy wall street and the ones under kelly and bloomberg. there's a lot more space for people. they're trying to let pressure out. they changed policy dramatically on pot arrests. many less misdemeanor arrests. the crimes are going down. if the crime numbers start going up this whole narrative of reform goes away. >> but yet at the same time there's polling that says people don't believe -- people thought crime was going up. these old habits die hard about how people think good policing looks. >> well, part of that is "the new york post" and the police unions, which have a narrative of urban ...