Fox Contributor to NYPD: ‘Do Your Job’

Fox contributor (and former advisor for Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg) Julie Roginsky sparred with with her Outnumbered cohosts Tuesday over the curious drop in police activity observed in New York City since the Policemen’s Benevolence Association called for a “slowdown” in response to departmental tension with City Hall.

“Cops, are you getting paid? Then do your job,” she said. “I’m sorry they’re mad at the mayor, and that’s fine, but as a New York resident I want to you do your job. What are you protesting? It’s my safety you’re putting in jeopardy.”

Overall arrests have dropped 66% in Gotham since the ambush-style murder of two NYPD officers and subsequent tensions between de Blasio and the Police Union. Citations for minor violations have stopped almost completely.

“The mayor needs to do his job and back up the police,” guest host Katie Pavlich said, though de Blasio has pumped hundreds of millions into the department and overseen a 4.4% year-over-year drop in crime. “He doesn’t have their back.”

“They don’t have our backs, either,” Roginsky replied. “Not if they’re not doing their job.”

Watch the clip below, via Fox News:

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