Officer Eng joined the police department in July 1981 and had been assigned to the plainclothes anti-crime unit for more than 18 months.

A second team of transit officers, composed of three officers in an anti-crime unit, was operating in the same area at the same time.

The report, released Thursday, called the training of officers for the anti-crime units "grossly inadequate."

But a New York Police Department spokeswoman suggested there would be no immediate changes in how the anti-crime units operate as a result of the report.

They are a combination of an anti-crime unit and a motor vehicle enforcement unit, with a tremendous amount of freedom.

The second call from the same couple had sent cars and anti-crime units rushing to 98th Street and the East Drive, but again, officers found nothing.

They learned about the so-called anti-crime unit, whose members were friends of the chief and whose work was considered woefully inadequate by other law enforcement agencies.

In 2003, the government established the Rapid Action Battalion, an elite 'anti-crime' unit composed of armed personnel from several of the existing security branches.

After four years in uniform, Officer Robinson moved in May 1990 to the plainclothes anti-crime unit of District 4.

An international anti-crime unit led by Alpha.