(*second edit*: This post was meant for the Command structure, not the cops on the ground. My apologies for not clarifying that from the get-go. Edited post follows).
Does this count as bad service by the command structure of the NYPD?
Excuse me, commanding office of the NYPD, but the folks of New York City pay you to protect them.
What's this business about you not ordering your officers to tell everyone that it was ~possible~ to tell that they should evacuate the area?
Expanded upon in this article:
http://www.infowars.com/times-square-eyewitness-bomb-scare-looked-like-drill/