From the Daily News:Turns out you can't do more with less.
Mayor Bloomberg admitted Friday that the recent uptick in murders could be linked to fewer cops on the streets because of budget cuts.
"It is worrisome," Bloomberg said of the 23% rise in murders this year. "We have fewer police officers than we did before. More cops always helps."
The city's police force stands at nearly 34,500, down from its peak head count of 40,864 in 2000.
And Bloomberg's latest budget plan whacks the department to its lowest level in two decades, leaving city streets with 32,817 officers come July.
Bloomberg has continued to boast the NYPD can do more with less.
"All of the experts said it couldn't be done, particularly in a down economy, but we've done it," he gushed in December when he announced record-low murders.
9 comments:
IMPEACH BLOOMTARD!
right on!
the cops they do have are useless anyway...but maybe with more, you'd find one out of a thousand with a brain
You get what you PAY for!! Most people who want to be cops want to work in Suffolk County, where the pay used to be the highest in this area. I have no idea if that's still true, but who'd want to be a cop in NYC, where as a cop you could risk your life for an arrest, but charges against the perp could be reduced or dropped to pimp their statistics. Bloomberg is so "transparent" many of us can see right through him.
Impeach Mike Bloomberg!
wow, how many no-bid private consulting contracts did it take for Bloomberg to realize this?
I'd like to hear from him why a city with a 3 billion dollar surplus should be slashing the police force by 20%.
Why doesn't he explain that to us, in his own words?
Looks like there are enough experts in this room. Moving on...
Quick, take the Cops and Firefighters out of Queens to Manhattan to keep the levels at zero % rise. we don't mind here in Queens, we make do without any services here anyway.
Why would ANYONE want to be a cop in this ungrateful ,iberal sancturary city?
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