Ithaca and Crime?

[tc556guy]

Originally Posted by homestead123

I would be more concerned with NYC Mayor Adams shipping illegal, I mean migrants up to your cities than bail reform. Hang on to your coats, Dora and Diego are coming to a small upstate city near you!

Bail reform has created a problem in that the recidivist criminals aren't getting locked up. Tompkins County had a problem even before statewide bail reform came along because it had a taxpayer funded bail fund for "poor" people. So tax dollars were paying to put bad guys in jail, and tax dollars were paying to let them out again. Plus you have certain local and county politicians who don't give more than lip service to standing up to the criminal element. Which is what happens anytime you have the Democrats assume a majority of elected positions. Up until the 1970s there was a mix of Dems and GOP in elected office which kept the crazy radicals in check, but since then the local political scene has tilted extremely left.

[tc556guy]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Where is the Tompkins County Sheriffs in regards to coverage outside of the city of Ithaca?

They cover the unincorporated areas of the county, as does the local NYSP barracks. But the Troopers can find themselves pulled away for anything across the state if they're needed elsewhere.

[tc556guy]

Originally Posted by BellBottomBlues

Are there any statistics that directly tie rising crime rates to bail reform rules?

Any statistics on crime rates in the Ithaca area over the last five years? ten years?

I've spent quite a bit of time in these past few months driving around and looking at small towns and small cities in upstate New York - mostly CNY.

Most of the folks there tell me that rising crime and homelessness (at rates not heard of only a couple decades ago) - are linked to increased illegal drug use and the illegal drug trade.

Most crime is a result of recurring criminal activity from a subset of recidivist criminals. This is why you read news stories about guys with dozens of open cases being arrested and being right back on the street again.

The "drug problem" has been on-going for decades. The type of drug changes. It might be heroin, cocaine, crack, take your pick. Some people will try to fry their brains on anything they can get their hands on, and then want to blame their personal failures in life on anyone but themselves. Its always someone elses fault that they are failures; they never look in the mirror and do the hard self analysis.

I do believe that this recent spike in criminal behavior is more directly linked to the changes in the criminal justice system. Bad guys have to be kept away from general society. They're only 1 % of the population, but they cause harm far in excess of their actual numbers. I also believe that its very unlikely that short of a major life course correction such as sincerely finding religion and a new moral compass that any of them have any incentive to reform themselves.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by tc556guy

They cover the unincorporated areas of the county, as does the local NYSP barracks. But the Troopers can find themselves pulled away for anything across the state if they're needed elsewhere.

Wait, but don't people in the city of Ithaca and the villages pay taxes for the county sheriffs?