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What a downward spiral! Fewer police officers on the streets, more crime, fewer victims reporting ...!
"Increases in the average time between the reporting of crimes and the arrival of police are aggravating the underreporting of crimes and the resulting inaccuracy of government reports of crime statistics. ...
New York City police are taking much longer to respond to reports of crimes than just a few years ago. “Compared to January 2018, NYPD response times reported in December 2023 have risen across the board—that is, for critical (up 22%), serious (up 45.5%), and non-critical (up 28.7%) calls,” ...
New York City police are taking much longer to respond to reports of crimes than just a few years ago. “Compared to January 2018, NYPD response times reported in December 2023 have risen across the board—that is, for critical (up 22%), serious (up 45.5%), and non-critical (up 28.7%) calls,” ...
The obvious cause of this slowing of police response times is the drop in the number of officers on the streets. The number of uniformed personnel in the New York Police Department has fallen by about 2,400 since 2018—a nearly 7 percent drop. ...
Ironically, this lack of policing can make the statistics indicate things are getting better when they are in fact becoming much worse. The slower the police are in responding to crimes, the less likely people are to bother to report offenses against them and the less likely police are to catch the perpetrators and enable the justice system to stop them from committing more crimes. ...
Ironically, this lack of policing can make the statistics indicate things are getting better when they are in fact becoming much worse. The slower the police are in responding to crimes, the less likely people are to bother to report offenses against them and the less likely police are to catch the perpetrators and enable the justice system to stop them from committing more crimes. ...
Meanwhile, Chicago is preparing to “enjoy” a rapid decrease in reports of gunfire. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has called a halt to the city’s gunshot-detection system, allowing the city’s contract for ShotSpotter to run out. ShotSpotter is “the gunshot-detection technology Chicago police have used for seven years to respond more rapidly to shootings, which of course remain distressingly frequent,” the Chicago Tribune reports.
As the Tribune notes, “the technology not only has often helped deliver fast help to a young person lying in a pool of blood, but … it also has dispersed potential bad actors when police cars arrive at a melee. Shotspotter hasn’t just spotted shots, it has meant some were never fired.” ..."
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