Howard Safir Quotes (12 Quotes)

The head of intelligence for the NYPD is the former deputy director of the CIA, ... I would take his word before I would take some spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security's word.

This is like protecting the Ku Klux Klan, ... You don't particularly care for the people you're protecting, but it's your duty to do so.

Without prejudging, my sense is we'll probably find four or five police officers who acted inappropriately while the vast majority of them acted appropriately, ... Those police officers who acted inappropriately will be subject to discipline.

I don't think anybody who's fair-minded believes that those four police officers left their homes that morning with any intention of shooting anybody ... and I think that the verdict in this case is the proper one.

It's the longstanding police department policy to release the background information of officers involved in a shooting incident, such as prior shootings, as well as the relevant background information of the civilian involved, such as arrest history,

Hannity ignored what Safir said about the federal government and went back to Why didn't anyone use the buses ... That's the point. These lives could have been saved and this was a very vulnerable population. These were poor people, these were sick people, these were elderly people.

We grieve for Amadou Diallo and the four officers involved and pray they get a fair trial,

It doesn't mean we're perfect, ... It doesn't mean there haven't been these horrific incidents and it doesn't mean that we can't improve. But when you look at the overall record of this police department, it's something that is envied by the rest of the world.

I accomplished most of what I wanted to accomplish with the NYPD, ... Crime is down ... and it's time to do something else.

Police officers who ignore or brush off a plea for help violate their oath to this city and deserve severe and decisive punishment, ... But what is important is that the NYPD has moved swiftly against those members that violated department policy, and instituted the changes that will prevent the recurrence of future incidents.

Those are tragic incidents but you have to put them in context, ... We have six million contacts with the public a year. We arrest almost 400,000 people a year. And you're talking about three incidents.

I'm hoping they'll come forward and tell us what happened, but at this point it's very hard for me to make a judgment because I have very few facts,