500 NYC Bodegas get panic buttons with a direct police connection to combat crime, says Mayor Adams

Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that around 500 Bodegas all over the Big Apple will soon be equipped with panic buttons, although he will not say which.

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Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that around 500 Bodegas all over the Big Apple will soon be equipped with panic buttons, although he will not say which business they would receive to keep crooks on their toes.

Hizzoner holds a panic button outside the Pamela Green Deli from 1798 in Crotona Ave., and said his administration made the 1.6 million dollar investment to equip the shop fronts with technology that will immediately connect employees to the NYPD in an emergency.

“We will communicate with the police, 500 Bodegas, 1.6 million US dollars that we invest in this initiative,” said Mayor Adams. “Instead of just keeping the rats away, we will have a direct connection to the police to keep the dangerous cats who try to rob our business.”

Mayor Adams said he would not reveal in which business they are placed in order to guess potential criminals. He said the devices in Bodegas with the highest level of crime level to improve personnel and customer security.

The buttons as “Silentshields” will trigger both a police reaction and cops to the storage of cameras so that they can see incidents if they develop in real time.

“Silverthields gives workers calmly because it also serves as an instrument for crime prevention. “Ultimately, it helps to protect everyone and sends a message.”

In the past few months, violent attacks on business workers have been a disturbing trend. On March 19, Amnewyork received a video from a man who stabbed a 24-year-old Harlem Bodega worker with a knife during an attempted robbery.

At the beginning of this year, on January 5, a shooter opened the fire on a 16-year-old boy in a Brooklyn shop.

Fernando Mateo, spokesman for the United Bodega Association, said he would like to see how the technology is installed immediately.

“There is no reason why we can't start tomorrow, it is in the budget,” said Mateo. “We expect that immediately.”