City Assigning Newbie Cops to Crime-Ridden Areas
Starting tomorrow, the NYPD is stationing 645 rookie cops in Brooklyn neighborhoods—including Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, Flatbush and East New York—where shootings and robberies have increased over the past year. The new officers will be assigned to the neighborhoods for six-month terms, according to an article in today’s Daily News. East New York had the…
Starting tomorrow, the NYPD is stationing 645 rookie cops in Brooklyn neighborhoods—including Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, Flatbush and East New York—where shootings and robberies have increased over the past year. The new officers will be assigned to the neighborhoods for six-month terms, according to an article in today’s Daily News. East New York had the highest number of murders of any neighborhood in the city last year (31); there was a 15 percent rise in burglaries in Crown Heights; deadly assaults in Brownsville increased by 27 percent; and the number of shooting victims in Bed-Stuy rose from 71 to 91. Some residents and politicians are questioning whether the stepped-up police force will only be a temporary Band-Aid or worse—completely ineffective. We don’t need more cops, we need more jobs, recreational centers and parks,” said City Councilman Charles Barron. “You’ll have a bunch of rookies out in East New York, most of them white, scared to death and standing on our street corners with no knowledge of our communities.”
645 Rookie Cops to Hit High-Crime Streets [NY Daily News]
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Montrose: It is as easy as getting a job or two or three. Stop making excuses for the lazy and uneducated. People like you make excuses for those who chose a life of crime instead of getting a job. You want to be angry with someone other than the criminals themselves, trying blaming their parents for not raising them to be productive members of society.
The Rushkoffs were losers. My husband was mugged in Park Slope and didn’t conclude he should move. It’s a reality of any urban city in any area. Park Slope still has its gritty blocks and elements, as the Rushkoffs would have seen with the bare eye when they moved there. Guess they felt special and immune because he’s a famous writer or something.
Anyone know if the Rushkoffs actually ended up leaving Park Slope after last year’s mugging?
Oh please, 12:03, families have lived all over Brooklyn even the less wealthy areas for the entire 20th century and they did not all get shot or turn into criminals. Some of the most intelligent and interesting (not to mention tolerant and cool) people I’ve ever met are people whose artist parents bought brownstones in the 60’s and 70’s well before the gentrification of the 90’s. If you want to move to Connecticut with your children, do so. Nobody is stopping you. But don’t get so smug and judgemental about it. There’s no possible reason for that, except deep down you feel insecure about the decision and need affirmation you’re making the right choice by leaving the city. So you’re trying to convince everyone to go with you. No thanks! We’re staying. Buh bye.
11:51, I venture to say that in 2007, black people don’t need “leaders” in the way we may have back in the 50’s and 60’s. We are not a monolithic group of people. We have as many different lifestyles, backgrounds, incomes and interests as anyone else in this city. No one white looks at any politician, or religious or social activist as their “leader” unless they agree with them. Rev. Al and Barron have their constituents, and although I may share their racial background, I don’t often share their views.
In the same way, gentrification may be on its way here in Bed Stuy/Crown Heights/etc, but that gentrification is also represented by people of color who have money, very, very good jobs, and the same desire as anyone else, for a fine home, and a place to raise a family. This isn’t just about poor black people standing around waiting for rich white people to either come in and save the community, or to come in and take it over. Neither scenario is acceptable. Both old timers and new comers will need to live and work together. More police will definitely help.
Oh, 2:40, would that everything would be so simplistic, and all could be solved by “just getting a job or two or three.”
Gentrification has reversed course and will not bottom and rebound for many years. The new trend in violent crime is anecdotal evidence. There is little you can do about it. We are in a recession. If you’re single, hold on tight. If you have a family, it’s time to seriously consider which nabe you want to raise it in.
Al Sharpton is a racist–shocking, right?
“Charles Barron and Al Sharpton were never good leaders”
Whose better for AFRICAN AMERICANS in New York City?
Barron and Sharpton are just 2 really obnoxious speakers and just simply should not speak at all. It is diffucult to keep the diversity of a neighborhood when it becomes gentrified. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.
And to 2:10, I am sure you would like a nice escort after you got off the subway from a hard days work. 🙂