#NYPD Commissioner Shea: ‘We’ve gone too far … handcuffing police … for political agendas’

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea railed against lawmakers Thursday for “going too far” to “handcuff” the NYPD by tapping into anti-cop sentiment from the George Floyd protests to further their own longstanding political agendas.

“I think there is absolutely valid causes about what came out of Minneapolis … but I think that people are using that just cause to advance agendas and agendas that existed long before the incident happened,” Shea said on CNN Thursday morning.

“I think we’ve crossed a tipping point on many levels in terms of taking tools away from the police that maybe these last two months it’s just a completely different situation where it’s a toxic environment,” Shea said, echoing Chief of Department Terence Monahan’s statements Monday.

“There are laws that are handcuffing the police. I think that we have gone too far,” the city’s top cop added.

The strong statements came a day after Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a package of police reforms into law,  including a ban on chokeholds — while acknowledging the law would make cops’ jobs harder.

Shea urged people to forget politics and to focus on public safety amid a surge in shootings citywide.

The city’s top cop also dismissed criticism of disbanding the NYPD’s anti-crime unit in mid-June — calling the knocks “talking points.”

On Monday, Monahan said the disbanding of the unit, which was tasked with getting guns off the street, had a “huge effect” on policing in the city.