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NYC has kept its ranking as the metropolis with the lowest overall crime rate, as compared to 2008 stats from the 25 largest cities in America. The FBI’s Crime in the United States report asserts that violent crime decreased by four percent in NYC last year, outpacing a national decline. And according to NYPD Compstat data, crime was down an additional 12 percent citywide for the first five months of this year, compared to 2008 levels. Murders are down 21 percent, robberies are down 17 percent, and there have been 17 percent less rapes. But declines in felony assaults, while slightly down (1.6 percent) from 2008, have not kept pace with other reductions. Some downtown precincts, including those that police Greenwich Village, have reported a spike in assaults, and the NYPD has beefed up patrols in the area. Still, the report is great news for Mayor Bloomberg's third term hopes. In a statement, he praised the NYPD's "innovative policing strategies" and also attributed the decreased crime to his focus on getting guns off the streets.
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Another case of sudden jihad:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/student_kills_prof_nGgR2x0Omat9UDx4
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it's because they've stopped bringing cases. it's a huge scandal: neighbor of mine tried to bring a case for burglary, they blamed the victim and said there wasn't enough evidence to bring charges. Bullshit!
wow your story sounds like total bullshit. Your friend was robbed and then was blamed by the police for the crime? did he rob himself? get your shit straight before you click submit
The whole crime stats business, that's innovative.
But is rounding up people on the sidewalk just standing there considered "innovative," or more like "asshole tactics during 2004 RNC convention?" I'm going with the latter on that. Maybe half the people were protesting, yet they weren't throwing molatov cocktails, which is why it doesn't matter who was doing what, but the NYPD were being assholes on orders from above.
That + Atlantic Yards debacle is the reason why not in a million years he will get my vote for a 3rd term.
Suck it, rest of the country!
Have you ever called a police precinct to report a crime, not an emergency? They turn you into the perp. They'll do anything not to help. Never call the precinct. Call 911, they have to send a cop. If you're lucky, you can reason with it.
Really? I have called my local precinct at least 5 times in the past year to report disturbances (noise, fights, drunk idiots, etc.), and each time the police have responded in a professional and polite manner. And each time they have had officers come by within a few minutes.
Of course, I also speak proper English and express myself in a calm, collected, and at least semi-intelligent manner.....
More like "most boring" big city.
NYPD sucks it. They're innovative alright, at manufacturing statistical fallacy.
The crime rate's down? I guess they're not counting white collar.
It's pretty hard to fudge the murder rate, but when it comes to assault they can pretty much make up anything they want.
How jaded are we that only one person so far had anything close to resembling a positive response?
"The police are fixing the numbers!"
"The police are authoritarian!"
"What about white-collar?!"
(inexplicably) "We're boring!"
The correct response, ladies and germs, is "Oh, really? Huh, cool."
It should be "fewer rapes," though, not "less rapes." That bugs me. Fucking police can't do anything right.