NYPD Officer Suspended For Saying 'Trump 2020' On Loudspeaker

BROOKLYN, NY — An NYPD officer was suspended without pay this weekend after he was caught on video using a patrol car loudspeaker to endorse President Donald Trump, according to the department.

The suspension came less than 24 hours after multiple videos surfaced of the officer — parked on a street corner in Flatbush on Saturday — saying "Trump 2020" from the car loudspeaker at passersby.

“Put it on YouTube, put it on Facebook. Trump 2020,” the officer says, according to the video.

The NYPD and Commissioner Dermot Shea announced Sunday morning that the incident was under investigation and revealed later that day that the cop had been suspended without pay.

(Video taken by Eric Jenkins-Sahlin, used with permission.)

Endorsing a political candidate or publicly expressing personal political views while in uniform or on duty is prohibited by the NYPD's patrol guide.

“Law Enforcement must remain apolitical, it is essential in our role to serve ALL New Yorkers regardless of any political beliefs,” Shea tweeted.

Mayor Bill de Blasio also spoke out against the incident, saying that "ANY NYPD Officer pushing ANY political agenda while on duty will face consequences."

The Flatbush incident unfolded after a man crossing the street near St. Paul's Place and Crooke Avenue flipped off the patrol car as he walked by because the vehicle was blocking the crosswalk, the man told reporter Talia Jane.

The cops and the man exchanged words until eventually the officer in the driver seat yelled "Trump 2020."

One of the videos was filmed by Eric Jenkins-Sahlin, a Brooklyn-based documentary film producer, who heard the incident from his apartment window.

Jenkins-Sahlin said he had his window open when he heard someone say "Trump 2020" over a loudspeaker, and walked over to film. His roommate, Brandon K. Hines, uploaded the 30-second clip on Twitter.

"My feeling is that this should concern everyone regardless of which politician you support, because no one should be subjected to having a heavily armed active-duty government employee tell them who to vote for," Jenkins-Sahlin said in an email. "That poses a serious threat to freedom and democracy."

The NYPD's impartiality has been questioned in recent months after the Police Benevolent Association, the city's largest police union, endorsed Trump in August, the first time the union has backed a candidate in decades.