Posting NYPD Detectives Overseas Has Been A Waste, Federal Officials Say

Posting NYPD Detectives Overseas Has Been A Waste, Federal Officials Say
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 14: (NEWSWEEK AND US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT OUT) New York Police Department Police Commissioner Raymond W.Kelly stands across from the United Nations building on September 14, 2005 in New York City. Kelly served 31 years in the NYPD. Security was strengthened for the 60th session and anniversary of the U.N. General Assembly with over 170 heads of state attending. Special NYPD security squads, U.S. Secret Service units, Department of State Diplomatic Security Service and foreign security delegations were in place for the week long event. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 14: (NEWSWEEK AND US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT OUT) New York Police Department Police Commissioner Raymond W.Kelly stands across from the United Nations building on September 14, 2005 in New York City. Kelly served 31 years in the NYPD. Security was strengthened for the 60th session and anniversary of the U.N. General Assembly with over 170 heads of state attending. Special NYPD security squads, U.S. Secret Service units, Department of State Diplomatic Security Service and foreign security delegations were in place for the week long event. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

NEW YORK CITY — The NYPD’s International Liaison Program that posts detectives in nearly a dozen foreign cities is a waste of money that has not prevented any attacks, say sources who have dealt with the officials overseas.

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