Posted on 12/29/2014 4:03:42 PM PST by Bon of Babble
With cops on edge following the assassination of two patrol officers on a Brooklyn street, many officers have started turning a blind eye to some minor crimes, sources told The Post, while a union mandate that two patrol cars respond to all police calls has led to slower response times to non-emergencies.
“I’m not writing any summonses. Do you think I’m going to stand there so someone can shoot me or hit me in the head with an ax?” One cop said Sunday, referring to the Dec. 20 slayings and another recent attack on the NYPD.
“I’m concerned about my safety,” the cop added. “I want to go to home to my wife and kids.”
An NYPD supervisor noted, “My guys are writing almost no summonses, and probably only making arrests when they have to — like when a store catches a
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I don’t blame the cops..
They can’t win.
If you live in NYC... leave now because I am fairly sure you can’t pack heat.
New York really was a fairly lousy place to visit, before Rudy came along.
Apparently he was an aberration.
No dont leave NYC !!!
All these A@@wipes wind up here in NJ
Then try to drag us down to their level.....
I don’t blame the NYPD!
I’d hate to answer any call.
nyc is highly overrated.
We have our share in California too.
I wish NY City would take back Sen. Barbara Boxer - they deserve each other.
Before Rudy came around, the small crimes were overlooked. The city fell into crime and disrepair.
Rudy went by the “broken glass” theory of policing where minor crimes are upheld and the rest follow.
It has works for decades. Now deBlasio and we’re back to ignoring minor crimes.
They hated Rudy. too much law and order.
Creeping criminality.
Never let the government unionize against you.
with some exception (like you and other freepers) i hear it’s a short trip down.
Minor crimes like.........selling loose cigarettes? What a good idea. The guy would be alive today.
When General David Dinkins was mayor of NYC, motorists would tape signs such as this to their car windows to dissuade thieves from breaking them to steal car radios and other loot. The signs disappeared after Giuliani took office but will probably be returning.
A minor blue flu.
If the criminals keep it up, the flu will get worse.
exactly.
And a big reason for the real estate boom is the reduction in crime. NYC became more livable, at least compared to the 70's.
But now with the race baiting, cop hating, communist Wilhelm as mayor watch for crime to go up and real estate values to go down.
One would think that the people of NYC with all they have invested in the city would speak out and demand that the mayor resign or at least get down on his hands and knees, set the record straight and apologize.
Yet, I don't see that.
Not yet anyway.
No, crappy idea.
You are correct.
Before Rudy came around, the small crimes were overlooked.
Drugs, gambling, and prostitution flourished, on the sidewalks, parks had needles in the flowerbeds, not flowers. If you needed a cop, the best place to find one was in an alley, adjacent to a bar, but the only purpose they served was so that a bad guy wouldn’t follow you. Most NYPD on the beat certainly didn’t care about anything less than a major crime.
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