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NYPD deployed Skywatch towers and TerraHawk surveillance vehicles to problem neighborhoods. They've assigned extra officers and plain clothes officers to public housing projects as well.
NYPD deployed Skywatch towers and TerraHawk surveillance vehicles to problem neighborhoods. They've assigned extra officers and plain clothes officers to public housing projects as well.
You are citing old stats. Possession of marijuana in NYC is decriminalized (you just get a $100 ticket, not getting arrested), thus the arrest rate for marijuana related offences dropped by almost half statewide.
You are right about marijuana arrests dropping, but the marijuana arrest rate in NY was the highest in the country as recent as 2013 which is as far back as I've been able to (or bothered to) find arrest rates for weed.
NYC's marijuana decriminalization is something that only went into affect in 2015. My point was not 2015's marijuana arrest stats but the stats over the last decade+ because they've played a larger role in NYC's crime decline over the last 20 years than 2015's marijuana arrests have.
NYC has had an extremely high arrest rate for a long time now relative to the rest of the country. You are more likely to be stopped and arrested in NY than most cities. Things may have changed a little under DeBlasio but he hasn't undone at least 20 years of NYPD being the most aggressive police department in the country.
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Again you are citing old stats. Who cares what Brownsville was like "back in the day", we are talking about 2016. In 2016 NYC has projects that have lower crime rates than a lot of other cities' averages.
I was comparing the old stats to new stats to put Brownsville's murder rate today into perspective. Despite it still having the highest murder rate in the city, it's still 7 or 8 times safer than it used to be. That's all.
Richmond is at 9 murders for the year. As a raw number, that pales in comparison to the ~27 in Memphis and the ~72 in Chicago. Of course, Richmond is tons smaller than Chicago and the city limits of Richmond are smaller than Memphis (although the metros are roughly the same size). When murder rate is taken into account, though, these three cities, as of right now, have nearly identical murder rates...
Should these cities unfortunately keep their current rates throughout the year, only Memphis would set a record for homicides in the city, while Chicago (~642) and Richmond (~80) would see their highest marks in 10-12 years. So, context says understand that Chicago's rate isn't nearly as bad as its worst years, not even close. It is unfortunate, though, and definitely not normal for the social media age...
Richmond is at 9 murders for the year. As a raw number, that pales in comparison to the ~27 in Memphis and the ~72 in Chicago. Of course, Richmond is tons smaller than Chicago and the city limits of Richmond are smaller than Memphis (although the metros are roughly the same size). When murder rate is taken into account, though, these three cities, as of right now, have nearly identical murder rates...
Should these cities unfortunately keep their current rates throughout the year, only Memphis would set a record for homicides in the city, while Chicago (~642) and Richmond (~80) would see their highest marks in 10-12 years. So, context says understand that Chicago's rate isn't nearly as bad as its worst years, not even close. It is unfortunate, though, and definitely not normal for the social media age...
You are right about marijuana arrests dropping, but the marijuana arrest rate in NY was the highest in the country as recent as 2013 which is as far back as I've been able to (or bothered to) find arrest rates for weed.
NYC's marijuana decriminalization is something that only went into affect in 2015. My point was not 2015's marijuana arrest stats but the stats over the last decade+ because they've played a larger role in NYC's crime decline over the last 20 years than 2015's marijuana arrests have.
NYC has had an extremely high arrest rate for a long time now relative to the rest of the country. You are more likely to be stopped and arrested in NY than most cities. Things may have changed a little under DeBlasio but he hasn't undone at least 20 years of NYPD being the most aggressive police department in the country.
I was comparing the old stats to new stats to put Brownsville's murder rate today into perspective. Despite it still having the highest murder rate in the city, it's still 7 or 8 times safer than it used to be. That's all.
Yeah they were really strict. One time cops stopped me and my friend cuz they thought we were smoking weed (We were smoking cuban cigars) but I just gave them my ID and they checked it to make sure I was of legal age and let me go
The city is locked down by government and has become a police state, NYC in the 90s was a complete monster.I dont think Chicago is advanced or has money like New York to fight off the crime like that.Places like Brooklyn & Harlem are still dangerous but just going through gentrification like crazy and like i said there's police literally everywhere.
To think about it DC and New York have to be the most policed cities in America. I know DC is the highest per person.
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