The NYPD Sent Two Officers To The Kenyan Mall Shooting

Found on Techdirt on Wednesday, 22 January 2014
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To beat the FBI at its own investigative game, Police Chief Ray Kelly sent NYPD officers to various locations around the world to gather better, faster intel for the city's anti-terrorist division. As Kelly himself noted as he exited office, the FBI just "can't be trusted" to protect New York from terrorist attacks. That's why local police officers have been stationed overseas for more than a decade at this point.

Worse, though, is the fact that the NYPD's overseas deployments tend to show up uninvited, giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies one more thing to worry about when securing a scene or, in this case, hunting down four terrorists in a crowded mall.

In another country, NYPD cops are nothing but tourists; they have no powers whatsoever. So, if they get in the way of the local police forces, just put them behind bars. Simple as that. The fact that the NYPD thinks it has any valid ground for meddling with investigations overseas shows an impressive amount of arrogance.