>I wish more resources were spent on law enforcement at the local level, fighting real crime. They could have more police patrolling the streets and subways, deterring assaults[0] and daylight shootings[1].
Since it's become clear that the NYPD is intentionally[0] not doing its job in "protest" over perfectly reasonable state[1] and local[2] oversight of their activities, we need to ensure that they actually do their jobs rather than create a more dangerous place by not doing so.
And this deeply troubling activity may actually get the city to soften[5] these important reforms.
>Of course people are calling to defund the police, and if that happens I’ll have to be more worried.
Given that crime is at its lowest point in NYC in over 50 years (and that includes the recent uptick in shootings[3]), it seems to me that your concerns are misplaced, especially since the reduction in funding --much less than the widely quoted $1 billion -- for the NYPD has yet to take effect.[4]
Since it's become clear that the NYPD is intentionally[0] not doing its job in "protest" over perfectly reasonable state[1] and local[2] oversight of their activities, we need to ensure that they actually do their jobs rather than create a more dangerous place by not doing so. And this deeply troubling activity may actually get the city to soften[5] these important reforms.
>Of course people are calling to defund the police, and if that happens I’ll have to be more worried.
Given that crime is at its lowest point in NYC in over 50 years (and that includes the recent uptick in shootings[3]), it seems to me that your concerns are misplaced, especially since the reduction in funding --much less than the widely quoted $1 billion -- for the NYPD has yet to take effect.[4]
[0] https://theweek.com/articles/938068/police-protection-racket
[1] https://abc7ny.com/police-reform-nyc-bills-nypd/6238620/
[2] https://council.nyc.gov/press/2020/06/18/1990/
[3] https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-crime-rise-shootings-15249...
[4] https://cbcny.org/research/was-nypd-budget-cut-1-billion
[5] https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/08/26/city-co...