NYPD’s Police Commissioner, Bill Bratton, believes in “broken windows” policing. This policy is all about targeting the low-level quality-of-life-crimes, in hopes of reducing more serious crimes. However, the NYPD’s Inspector General says that this doesn’t work.
The Office of the Inspector General conducted an independent examination of more than 2 million quality-of-life criminal summonses and misdemeanor arrests between 2010 and 2015. During that time, the number of quality-of-life summonses dramatically declined but felony crime did not increase.
The NYPD’s response was swift. It called the inspector general’s report deeply flawed.
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