Crime is on the verge of going up this year for the first time in nearly two decades—and anxious NYPD brass are cracking down in an effort to keep their historic gains intact.
NYC Crime to Go Up for First Time Since Mayor Dinkins
Crime is on the verge of going up this year for the first time in nearly two decades—and anxious NYPD brass are cracking down in an effort to keep their historic gains intact.
Through July 17, incidents of the seven major felonies are down only slightly—0.4 percent—over the same period last year, dipping from 54,447 to 54,254. The annual tally has dropped every year since 1993.
But with half the city’s 76 precincts showing crime spikes, Ray Kelly desperately wants to avoid being the first police commissioner since Lee Brown to show a year-end uptick, and his top deputies are scrambling to make sure it doesn’t happen.
Department Chief Joseph Esposito and Deputy Commissioner Patrick Timlin two launched a get-tough policy that will involve more weekly meetings and follow-ups with precinct commanders, who will catch hell if hot spots aren’t smothered quickly.
A contentious sit-down at Police Headquarters Thursday was an example of the new approach, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
This week, the commanders of the 70th Precinct in Midwood, Brooklyn, and the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills, Queens, will be called on the carpet over a rise in grand larcenies, which represent the biggest number among the seven felonies tracked by the NYPD.
Under previous NYPD policy, each of the eight borough commanders, and the precinct commanders under them, would go to Police Plaza for “CompStat” sessions only every other week.
Now “they’re singling out commanders, cherry-picking from all over the city,” a source said.
Dark
Why is it that the darker the population – the darker the brown color is on the map?
to Dark
Probably because you’re a racist
To #2
Way to go! Don’t deal with the actual issue, just fling around cries of “racism,” and all of the problems will magically disappear!
declasse intellectual
there are problems: Most can be traced either to the economy or to unemployment. Another major source is the administration of Bloomberg and his failures. these need to be adressed especially since a new administration is an upcoming reality. You need to make it unfeasable for ciminals to act and with the liberalism of New York judges and the leanings of Bloomberg that criminals seem to have more rights then the victims, you will have problems.