Post by coots on Nov 9, 2011 18:03:00 GMT -5
NY POST
PBA Delegates Storm Out of Meeting After Requesting Their Boss Step Down Over Tix-Fix Scandal
11/9/11 - Angry Bronx police union delegates stormed out of a meeting today after demanding the ouster of their leader over his handling of the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal, sources told The Post.
In a pre-planned protest, more than 50 Bronx delegates from the Patrolmens Benevolent Association stood up at the union's monthly meeting and asked PBA president Pat Lynch to step down, sources said.
One delegate spoke for the entire group, which made its move just after the meeting started.
"Nobody wanted to be singled out," a source said. "So they picked one person, and they all stood behind him in support as their request was read."
"They demanded Pat Lynch resign, because they feel like he hasn't supported them over the ticket-fixing investigation like they think he should have," said the source. "He really didn't do much for them in the two years it was going on. "
But Lynch -- fresh off an uncontested election earlier this year -- retorted that he intended to stay put, another source said.
"He said he wasn't going to resign, that he'd fight it out,'' said one source.
Added another: "He basically said he's been the president for 12 years, and he has a plan in action.''
After the heated confrontation, the delegate group left the room In mass, according to sources.
But several trustees - including the three from the Bronx indicted in the ticket-fixing probe -- remained at the meeting, sources said.
The cops' specific beefs with Lynch's handling of the ticket-fixing investigation weren't clear.
Lynch publicly blasted the sweeping probe, which ended with the arrest of 16 cops on October 28.
Noting that the investigation focused mostly on rank-and-file cops and spared their superiors, Lynch barked, ``There is white shirt immunity."
He call fixing tickets "a courtesy" that has been "accepted at all lengths for decades," noting, "Taking care of your family, taking care of your friends, taking care of those that support New York City police officers is not a crime.”
PBA Delegates Storm Out of Meeting After Requesting Their Boss Step Down Over Tix-Fix Scandal
11/9/11 - Angry Bronx police union delegates stormed out of a meeting today after demanding the ouster of their leader over his handling of the NYPD ticket-fixing scandal, sources told The Post.
In a pre-planned protest, more than 50 Bronx delegates from the Patrolmens Benevolent Association stood up at the union's monthly meeting and asked PBA president Pat Lynch to step down, sources said.
One delegate spoke for the entire group, which made its move just after the meeting started.
"Nobody wanted to be singled out," a source said. "So they picked one person, and they all stood behind him in support as their request was read."
"They demanded Pat Lynch resign, because they feel like he hasn't supported them over the ticket-fixing investigation like they think he should have," said the source. "He really didn't do much for them in the two years it was going on. "
But Lynch -- fresh off an uncontested election earlier this year -- retorted that he intended to stay put, another source said.
"He said he wasn't going to resign, that he'd fight it out,'' said one source.
Added another: "He basically said he's been the president for 12 years, and he has a plan in action.''
After the heated confrontation, the delegate group left the room In mass, according to sources.
But several trustees - including the three from the Bronx indicted in the ticket-fixing probe -- remained at the meeting, sources said.
The cops' specific beefs with Lynch's handling of the ticket-fixing investigation weren't clear.
Lynch publicly blasted the sweeping probe, which ended with the arrest of 16 cops on October 28.
Noting that the investigation focused mostly on rank-and-file cops and spared their superiors, Lynch barked, ``There is white shirt immunity."
He call fixing tickets "a courtesy" that has been "accepted at all lengths for decades," noting, "Taking care of your family, taking care of your friends, taking care of those that support New York City police officers is not a crime.”
