- Hazel Jennings, chief of the Department of Corrections, issued a memo Sunday night urging officers not to wear uniforms or department logos in public to avoid being targeted
- The memo came after a career criminal launched two separate attacks on officers in the Bronx in the span of just 12 hours, leaving two officers injured
- Robert Williams was taken into custody after he allegedly opened fire on the 41st precinct Sunday morning
- He struck a lieutenant in the arm before running out of bullets, lying down and tossing his gun as he was swarmed by officers
- Hours earlier, Williams approached a patrol van in the same area late Saturday and fired at two officers inside, wounding one before escaping on foot
- Authorities said the 45-year-old suspect was out on parole after a 2002 attempted murder conviction
- He was seen handcuffed to a hospital bed on Sunday in photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com
- Authorities said they brought a woman in for questioning who is believed to be Williams' girlfriend Liza T Valdez, a communications technician for the NYPD
- NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea labeled both attacks this weekend attempted 'assassinations'
- Shea and Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed the attacks on an anti-police atmosphere fueled by recent protests
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