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You Told Us: Did This NYPD Officer Write too Many Tickets for Bicyclists?

By Emily Frost | July 2, 2015 4:17pm | Updated on July 6, 2015 8:46am
 Officer Joshua Vincek issued more summonses to bicyclists than any other NYPD officers in the past three years. He handed out 1,249 tickets to cyclists in the Upper West Side.
Officer Joshua Vincek issued more summonses to bicyclists than any other NYPD officers in the past three years. He handed out 1,249 tickets to cyclists in the Upper West Side.
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UPPER WEST SIDE — Upon hearing the news DNAinfo broke that an NYPD officer from the 20th Precinct handed out the most bike summonses in the city in a three-year period, readers took to social media with their reactions.

Officer Joshua Vincek handed out 1,249 tickets to cyclists between Jan. 1, 2012 and Feb. 26, 2015 — far outdoing other officers in the city who handed out a combined 51,841 tickets, DNAinfo New York found. 

Bicycle safety and enforcement has stirred controversy in the neighborhood for a long time — advocates have argued police are tougher on cyclists than on drivers in Central Park, while others have pushed for a crackdown on rogue delivery bikers.

While some readers thought Vincek was unfairly targeting cyclists...

Others — and the apparent majority — praised Vincek. One person even described him as a "hero":