NYPD Commissioner Jessia Tisch made it clear Monday she’s “revolted” by the idea of the National Guard patrolling the streets of New York City.
“National Guard, God bless them — they are not trained to handle street crime in New York City,” Tisch said at a Midtown breakfast hosted by the Citzens Budget Commission. “They’re trained in a lot of things. That happens not to be one of the things that they specialize in.”
Her comments come as the Trump administration is preparing to send the National Guard to Chicago, with the possibility of other cities to follow.
“One of the major concerns that I have around this topic of deploying the National Guard to New York City or big cities across the country is that it will introduce an amount of chaos and disorder and confusion that will be cou