NYPD to have ‘excess of officers’ on standby amid Derek Chauvin sentencing

Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said he doesn’t “anticipate any problems” in the Big Apple when Derek Chauvin is sentenced Friday for the murder of George Floyd — but an “excess of officers” will be on hand just in case. 

“Well, you have to prepare,” the top cop said on 1010 WINS Thursday morning. “We were certainly going to have an excess of officers on standby, but they’re not going to be sitting around.” “We’re going to have them deployed,” he added. “We’re going to have to deploy [them] in areas where we’re seeing some increased violence, and then they’re going to be able to mobilize at a moment’s notice. I don’t anticipate any problems, but in our line of work, you have to be ready.”