NYPD forces maintenance managers back onto the streets amid staff shortages and rising crime

Now they will be tasked with trying to clean up the city.

The NYPD is sending its factory managers – who usually spend their days doing maintenance at police stations – back onto the streets as management wrestles with Staff shortage And the High crime rateThe Post learned.

The change is part of “NYPD’s efforts to maximize the number of uniformed members assigned to perform patrol duties,” according to an internal memo reviewed by The Post.

The NYPD said uniformed force members appointed as plant managers in the patrol, transit and housing offices will now have to clean up the larger chaos across the city, while civilian maintenance workers take over.

The memo told police they would return to “operational tasks” such as daily patrols and transit trains, and management said the factory manager’s role would be discontinued. It was not immediately clear when the memo was sent.

A police source said the switch would certainly be a stunning turnaround for factory managers, whose duties typically include emptying rubbish bins and making sure cops have a comfortable lounge.

The source added that each of the 77 districts had a factory manager prior to the memo, and the position was in high demand among New York’s finest.

“Cops were killing their mothers for the position of the plant manager,” said a retired NYPD police officer who was having a plum party.

It is unclear how many police officers are expected to be affected by the warrant. The NYPD did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

The decision comes in the middle Huge police immigration of the NYPD, with 2,465 police officers applying to leave the department this year — 42% more than the 1,731 who left at the same time last year. And more cops hung up their holsters before reaching the 20 years required for a full pension.