Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Subway crime increases

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Straphangers may feel the city's subway system is a little less safe these days.

Subway crime is up 5 percent.

The increase could be age-related, as the NYPD says 15 percent of all subway crime is committed by teenagers.

The most common crimes include stealing cell phones and iPods.

Subway crime is still about 55 percent lower than it was just six years ago.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I haven't seen a subway cop in months. Maybe that has a little to do with this. RECALL BLOOMBERG NOW!!!!

TonyC_NYC said...

I can't even get to the subway due to the horrible job that DSNY has done plowing the outer boroughs! Bloomberg thinks nothing exists out of Manhattan. Some blocks in Queens are completely buried. This is Bull$hi+ !!!

Anonymous said...

The old Transit Police Dept had 4500 members pre-merge.The NYPD Transit Bureau has 1900....................do the math.....

Anonymous said...

Rudy Giuliani's legacy. He wanted to merge the departments.

Anonymous said...

I haven't seen a subway cop in months. Maybe that has a little to do with this. RECALL BLOOMBERG NOW!!!!
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I see them all the time at the main stations, Roosevelt Avenue, Queensboro Plaza, Ditmars Blvd, 71/Forest Hills etc. Granted, their numbers seem to be smaller. Could Bloomberg and Kelly be secretly phasing out the Transit Bureau to send personnel over to cover precinct patrols?

Anonymous said...

Anon No. 5 --

That's more or less what Rudy did.