NYPD Officials Defend Shooting on Brooklyn Subway That Wounded Bystanders NYT | Top Stories Maria Cramer 19 September 2024 at 08:39 “We are not perfect,” said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol, as protesters gathered in Union Square. © Dave Sanders for The New York TimesPolice officials said they would release body-worn camera footage of a shooting on a subway platform where two bystanders were shot.