From Crains:
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that 2009 was another record-setting year in crime reduction.
New figures released Monday show overall crime is down in the city 11% from last year, and 35% since 2001. Murders are down 11%. The only major crime that is rising is felony assault, up 2%.
The figures reflect a nationwide trend.
FBI crime figures for the first half of 2009 showed crime falling across the country. Most surprisingly, murder and manslaughter fell 10 percent for the first half of the year.
Earlier this year, the NYPD had projected about 457 murders, the lowest total since the department first started keeping records in 1962.
(Crime is down because the police won't take reports. They left that part out of the article.)
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14 comments:
Oh really thats why I have to watch my back when i walk home at night
Bloomberg is making up the crime rate so more rich/tourist people will move into the city
Ever since we bought those large, black, felt blindfolds for our officers, we've noticed a major reduction in problems.
We should have spoken to the DOB about getting a few pairs of these years ago.
Its the "dumbing down of numbers." Beat a person within an inch of their life and its a misdemeanor assault. HEY, felonies are down!!
Maspeth Mom says...
Oh yeah, but not in Maspeth - We have had 4 muggings/robberies (Maspeth Avenue area) and 3 burglaries in the 69th Street/53rd Street area,in the past three weeks. And new graffitti all over the Maspeth Avenue businesses and side streets. The 104 took the report, but would even get out of the car. NICE!!
Ah. I love the smell of coked books in the morning.
All right guys, while it's cute to be cynical and full of angst, let's try to be a little realistic, as well.
It's one thing to question Compstat's numbers regarding the seven major felonies, because those ARE areas where the police can dummy up numbers (downgrading felony assault to assault, for example).
But the police can't hide bodies. That's why the murder count is the metric that's commonly used to measure safety -- it's the least malleable of any other measure.
The way you should be attacking these numbers, though, is to question whether murders are down or because emergency rooms are better at saving lives. The basic idea (and fact) is that there's a population of people that were shot who, in the eighties would normally die, are able to survive their wounds, due to better medicine (the idea is fleshed out in Atul Gatwande's "Better").
But, to his credit, Bloomberg has made getting guns off the streets one of the highest priorities for his administration.
There's also something called CUPPI - Case Undetermined Pending Police Investigation. What are the stats on how often this is used instead of a homicide designation?
But, to his credit, Bloomberg has made getting guns off the streets one of the highest priorities for his administration.
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Saying and doing are two different things. You're gonna take the word of a mayor known for hypocrisy? Either you have your head in the sand or are living on Fantasy Island!
The people working with the statistics are the product of a Bloomtard education. Any questions?
The police refused to take a report when my neighbor threatened to kill me, cut me up, and tried to break my door down, WHY? because after four years of her playing her music so loud my apartment shook, and I couldn't watch TV even at highest volume, and she had her kids have their parties in front of my door, I told her to shut up. She's black, cop;s black. Legally they had to take a report. They wouldn't and told me I could be arrested for asking for one.
Areested for asking a report be made? I find that hard to believe.The next time a cop says that,immediately call 1800-PRIDEPD. Relay what the officers has said,along with his name/number.Better yet,record your encounter for posterity( and a nice lawsuit).
Maspeth mom:
Are Minorities moving in...???
Maybe we finally put enough of them in jail to make a difference...
after all they WERE committing almost all the murders.
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Maspeth Mom says...
Oh yeah, but not in Maspeth - s
Burglaries are WAY UP in the 104.
Okay, the NYPD numbers are inaccurate. So what ARE the correct numbers, and what are your sources for them?
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