Posted on 04/20/2015 9:23:42 AM PDT by C19fan
A potential showdown is looming over a pair of City Council proposals that would decriminalize a host of offenses including fare-beating, drinking on the street and public urination in an overhaul that could dramatically impact the NYPDs broken windows approach to policing.
The measures, still the focus of ongoing negotiations, could pit some Council members against Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, who raised questions about the potential changes just last month.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viveritos office is working on a proposal that would make some of the most common criminal court summonses civil charges instead. Violators would get a ticket to one of the citys administrative courts, such as the Environmental Control Board, instead of criminal court. Cops could no longer make arrests for those offenses, and missed court dates would turn into default monetary judgments instead of warrants.
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How long before you see posters appearing everywhere bearing a message something like this:
Street Party! Take the free bus to .... street every Saturday Night. BYOB. Drink, p*ss, repeat till you drop.
Perfect way to lower your crime stats...lower the bar. I’m glad I don’t live in that socialist hellhole.
Will they allow citizens to avoid paying cigarette taxes or parking tickets?
Oh Joy! Another reason to never return to that sewer of town where I grew up.
No, it's not. Prop 47 said that Grand Theft is treated like a misdemeanor, only when the value of the stolen goods is less than $950.
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