In the City of New York, even a properly funded police service cannot combat crime effectively because the jails continuously release criminals without bail, as a new state law now requires. This system leaves the police with little capacity to stop serial criminals who do not commit one of the few offenses that still can result in incarceration pending trial. In the earlier part of the year, some criminals committed felonies, got caught, and got released hundreds of times in rapid succession. This pattern can demoralize quickly even the best police force.
No bail release is the root. Defunding the police is the trunk. Out of control crime is the fruit