POLICE IN DISGUISES WALKING THE NEW YORK STREETS, THEY ARE DRESSED AS WOMEN, PRIEST, CAB DRIVERS AND AN INJURED PERSON. TWO POLICE OFFICERS, STILL IN DISGUISE, TELL HOW THEY FEEL WHILE WALKING THE STREETS ON AND ONE, DRESSED AS WOMAN, TELLS HOW A GROUP OF MEN TRIED TO RAPE HIM.




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REPORTER: GABE PRESSMAN

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Background: THE NEWYORK CITY POLICE, AS PART OF AN INTENSIFIED CAMPAIGN TO CURB THE ALARMING RISE IN STREET CRIME, HAS CREATED A UNIT THAT GOES INTO THE STREETS DISGUISED AS WOMEN, PRIESTS. OLD PEOPLE, INJURED PEOPLE-IN SHORT ALL THOSE VULNERABLE TYPES THAT ARE THE CONSTANT PREY OF MUGGERS.