RIRA Public Safety Chair Responds To Transfer Of NYPD Officer Assigned To Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Public Safety Committee Chairperson Erin Feeley-Nahem answers those who blame her for the transfer of the NYPD officer formerly assigned to Roosevelt Island. Ms. Feeley-Nahem's comment below responds to this post on the Officer's re-assignment:

To those of you who need to blame someone and choose to blame me for Officer Fernandez' departure, GET REAL!

If someone loves his job, even if hundreds of people complain, he stays and fights. If somebody feels misjudged, his actions misunderstood, or he feels misrepresented by the opinion of 2 of the 12,ooo people he serves, is it really logical to think he would throw in the towel and split?
I find your ignorance amazing.

Is it really that difficult for you to believe that a seasoned cop would want to further his career, choosing not to waste any more of his time here? Do you really think that the Commander at the 114th punished PO Fernandez because 2 people, out of 12,000 requested information? Guerra claims he knows everyone there. I can't see him letting that happen.

Fact: I said nothing derogatory to anyone at the 114th about Fernandez. Face it, he just smartened up and realized that staying in this "dead end" job, where there is no chance of moving up, isnt much of a dream for a seasoned cop. Think about it, how exciting can it be to pull in a "thug" for smoking weed, or drinking a beer in the street? Stop fooling yourself. If it deflects your pain at being abandoned, go ahead,blame me. Although many of you report only having had positive contact with Officer Fernandez, there are others in the community who do not feel the same way. Just as you can bring your concerns to the various RIRA committees, or post them on this blog, those individuals did, they brought them to us. It is the job of this committee to look into problems that individuals have with the Law enforcement officers on this Island, and that is what we did. This was not my unilateral decision. I have no vendetta against him. I didn't even know the man. Try and stop being so naive. It makes you too easy to manipulate.