Wait till that city gets another terrorist attack, then the stuff is really going to hit the fan when it comes to this idiot. He is doing EVERYTHING he can to ensure another terror attack happens. Selling loose cigarettes is like a felony to this guy - he sends cops out to bust people selling loose cigarettes and when something goes wrong he throws them under the bus, but when it comes to the NYPDs terror task force? Oh well that got to go because cracking down on loose cigarettes is more important than terror.
I’m not too worried about the NYPD in the event of an attack. They seem to have their act together, and the uneventful Times Square New Years Eve showed that they are still doing their jobs for the big stuff.
What this “slowdown” shows is that the cops know the policing-related revenue stream is the easiest, and most effective, thing to hit. They aren’t shirking on major crime (although Broken Windows says that there’ll be an indirect uptick in that), but rather not doing the kind of policing that they’ve been villified for doing. And are now being villified for not doing it.