Letter To The Chief of Patrol:

Dear Office Manager, please be advised that since your own academy attendance of classes that probably exceeded numbers past a 2,000-strong body count, pre-convergence of Patrol, Transit, and Housing, the rookie cops coming out of the Academy over the last 2+ years that have been locked into 'Operation Impact' with recruit numbers cut beyond a 50% body count (1,500 and much less per class..the last two with barely over 100!!).

'Do less with more' the new NYPD motto replacing Fidelis Ad Mortem--Faithful Unto Death. How you belittle the hog-tied efforts of those who follow in your footsteps, some of which doing so with the most vile base salary that started at $25,100 and had only recently been bumped up to a more humane starting salary (that extra $100 thrown in there so that those who could barely pay their monthly bills and put food on their tables [refer to countless NYC papers who wrote article after article about this very mess, oh, and the out-of-state recruitment efforts to hirer out of your selection pool] wouldn't be eligible for state/city assistance via food stamps-thanks Bloomberg!, but it's acceptable to allow welfare-for-life recipients to continue to milk the system while they spread throughout public housing projects like a bad infestation of the plague, with crime ridden populations still growing, and passing on the viscous cycle of the perp life/victim to the next generation to carry the torch of cop-hating youth/under achievers (please refer to major news articles on gangs uniting to target and assassinate cops) that far outnumber the entire department put together; including the house mouses behind the curtains and raking in the enviable and copious amounts of overtime that the rookies could only wish for, but are not only denied from those opportunities, and are tour changed to keep them from doing so. Top pay house mouses vs. lowest pay desperadoes. Not a secret.

You sir, are a detriment to cops. Fire officials whose heads are covered in your political mud slinging? Why don't you drop the politically correct white gloves and get down and dirty with the truth; with reality. Rookies posted in favorable, politically expedient locations throughout the 5 boros: I got two words for you: Crown Heights. Get them the hell out of that 8 block radius, and out of the violation/soft crime filled radius of a voting machine and put the cops where guns, drugs, rapes, and murder are exponential: in the projects! drug locations. gang locations. victims come in all colors and races, not just one. Get it?

"Hall was allegedly angriest at NYPD newbies who weren't taking Operation Impact seriously.." Are you serious, sir?! 2, 3 years on foot in the same area and they're dealing with DWI rabbis who get a phone call to let them go; repeat criminal offenders who get back out on the street in 24 hours only to be re-arrested a week later for the same damn crime thanks to liberal policies and soft DA's who always bump down higher charges? Operation Political Favors is what it should be called. Lets not pretend that this is the underlying truth to this hot mess the micromanagers of the Dept have built for themselves. It's all about votes, money and politics. When will someone step up to the plate and do what's not only right, but won't manipulate the truth to better serve personal gain and promotions?

This whole job is in desperate need of reform: salary, supporting those who put their lives on the line running to jobs while those who forgot where they came from step upon a soapbox to make noise and give a smoke and mirrors illusion of 'doing something about it'. Get out of the office and get your feet wet again, sir.

God bless and protect our men and women in uniform who risk their lives every single day to help solve the problems of those who can't do it themselves, and don't hesitate to draw life's blood from a human being who wish to serve, protect and defend, because of irrational hate or desire to not return to the whose cow. Remember that Chief, and don't you forget it. Start doing some real work, and stop passing the buck down onto those who are following direct orders from those high above, such as yourself.

With all good intentions, and the desire for improvement for all to have a greater appreciation for the foot soldiers of our cities, and the respect well deserved minus the few who foolishly leave a permanent blemish on our efforts by being criminals themselves, I frustratingly respond to this absurd article.

Sincerely,

Idealist with a lot to say.

God Bless and protect our LEO's and military men and women wherever they shine. May we all safely go home to our families at the end of every tour.

They should crack down, and throw the shit-bags in jail.

As a society we have gotten far too lenient with the scumbags of the world.

There is no rationalization for the shit we tolerate.

People keep mentioning Chicago. Chicago's problems are more than just policing issues, at the root of a lot of it is when they started tearing down the housing projects and moving people to the South and West sides of the city. Now rival gangs that normally wouldn't be fighting for turf are fighting for turf. Add on top of that the poverty rates of the south and west side and you have a recipe for disaster. Honestly I do feel safer on NYC streets than when I lived in Chicago. It is sad that Chicago is a about the third the size of NYC had almost as many homicides in 2009 as NYC.

Maybe some Bunny Colvin policing is in order for the high crime areas.

OK, I'm gonna make this real simple. The problem with the NYPD is that it is run by a bunch of cops. The end.

I feel a little bad saying it, since it means I'm rooting for some bad stuff to happen, but it will be good when they stop coasting on fortunate demographic factors (like the end of crack, an improving economy, and gentrification) and realize that they aren't actually crime-fighting geniuses.

My hometown hired an NYPD detective as chief of police.

Despite a nuke reactor, synchatron, engine plant, super computer, bridges everywhere, and ivy leauge university the jerk went to Washington in the mid 00's and said he didn't think the city was a terrorist target.

After the veteran detective failed his entry-level civil service exam 3 times in 18 months, he was dismissed.

Alot of his peers at the time would have been local precinct brass by now. I'm glad somebody finally decided to make a big stink about the obvious.

"OK, I'm gonna make this real simple. The problem with the NYPD is that it is run by a bunch of cops. The end."

Are you serious? Id rather have a bunch of cops running it then bunch of whitebread do nadas who wouldnt do shit to change the streets or too pussy to do anything about it

You're actually right!

The best way to control crime is through investment in social services that keep people occupied. More police or more aggressive tactics do little to lower/prevent crime. Too bad they bury these research findings under mountains of bullshit data.

Oh "root causes," that worked out well the last time.

Then what is the difference between NYC, Newark and Chicago right now? NYC is back-sliding, Newark is improving (with a former NYPD head) and Chicago is about as safe as Fallujah. I would imagine differential policing might have something to do with it.

You said: Newark is improving (with a former nypd head).. Maybe that explains that video which captures a couple of newark detectives beating what turned out to be an inocent kid like it was a gang initiation. Yeah you're rite, former nypd head thug in charge.

And you want to know why lieutenants aren't rushing to be captains.

These were, according to the article, "commanders." Generally that means Bureau Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs, not Captains.

But yeah, like Captains they're being pressured to do the jobs they're paid ($170,000+ per year) to do effectively. That sucks. I know. Most of us know, because it happens at our jobs too.

The bottom line is that crime comes mostly as a result of societal problems, but can be somewhat suppressed by good policing. In other words, it is a mixture of police work and other outside facts. I find it ridiculous when people act as though crime has nothing to do with police, or when others at the other end of the spectrum claim that it has nothing to do with societal or cultural factors.

Not true. The article is referring to commanding officers of precincts and their executive officers. Some cos are captains, and nearly all of the precincts that have deputy inspectors or inspectors as a co have an xo who is a captain.