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With government, unless it's an organization mature enough to do something deliberately covert, it's more likely theres so much bureaucracy to deal with that ev
by version_five 4y ago
With government, unless it's an organization mature enough to do something deliberately covert, it's more likely theres so much bureaucracy to deal with that everybody knows who they are working for.
- jkaplowitz 4y agoThe NYPD does do deliberately covert things including counterintelligence. No information one way or another whether that’s true in this case.
- Eumenes 4y agothere are a lot of rich foreign nationals in NYC, so its no surprise
- emodendroket 4y agoThe NYPD has covert operations not only all over the country but in many foreign countries so I'd say they're operating at a pretty high level of sophistication in that sense.
- formerly_proven 4y agoApparently referring to the “International Liaison Program” run by the “NYPD Intelligence Bureau“ which has only executive oversight and is funded by the “New York City Police Foundation” instead of the city itself.
- PaulWaldman 4y agoAre NYPD personnel sent outside their jurisdiction to fulfill these roles? Or do they contract it out?
- emodendroket 4y ago> Through its International Liaison Program, the Intelligence Bureau posts officers in law enforcement agencies in major cities around the world. https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/investigative/intelligence.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/investigative/intellig...
- toomanyrichies 4y agoI was curious about this so I did some Googling. Apparently it's called the International Liaison Program, a subdivision of the Department Intelligence Bureau. More info here. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department_Intelligence_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Departmen...
- actionfromafar 4y agoIt really is Gotham, isn’t it?
- nextaccountic 4y agoShouldn't the NYPD be in charge of local stuff and leave this to the FBI?