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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It would be a great neighborhood if we got rid of the crime.
How can ANY Black “leader” say anything but positive things about the NYPD????
Despite the fact that crime continues unabated in most cities across this country the NYPD has reduced crime and specifically homicides by 75% since 1990. (and this doesn’t even adjust for the increase in NYC population over that period)
If you VERY CONSERVATIVELY say that the reduction=600 black men a year NOT DYING since 1990 you are talking about:
over TEN THOUSAND BLACK MEN alive WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD.
Sure Diallo cases happen, and increased policing has unfortunately at times led to racial tensions but the REALITY is that the NYPD has saved more black mens lives then any so called “black leader” by 10000X
only politicians who do nothing look to the government to create jobs. if barron wanted to help, he’d start a company and employ people.
business owners create real jobs, not the government.
the government, does however, provide police.
‘”Damn, this would be a great neighborhood once we get rid of all those poor black people,” is what seems to be at work here, and that is troubling.’
Why exactly is it troubling? Because it’s true?
Cognitive dissonance FTW!
Gentrification Huh??! You fucktards are going become Animal practice for the youngins! More Cops will not save you sometimes they make things worse. Profiling young black men and shooting unarmed people.
The What. LMMFAO
Someday this war is gonna end…
I always wondered which idiot keeps voting Barron into office. Assuming he even leaves the hospital room he is assigned to so he can vote, I now know The What is that idiot.
“My wife Ass.”?????
Gentrification will slowly but surely remove the trashy people out of “da hood” Some day, that war will end and The What will be homeless.
Montrose Morris: When you say unemployed, I assume you mean something more than just a temporary situation. If so, then why do you think the permaently un/under-employed should benefit?
I am all for a diverse group of working people benefitting from improved policing, but the unemployed can get a job first before they worry about benefitting from a safer nabe. God knows there are plenty of businesses in this city that go searching for reliable employees. No, I am not talking about MBA, I am talking about entry level service industry jobs.
And please don’t give me some song and dance about how they can’t live on entry level wages w/o benefits. If they are unemployed, and not already living off public assistance, then any wage is more than they are making today. And if they are on public assistance and want to get off – get a job or two or three.
As for higher education – try working during the day and going to school at night. Lots of people do it. (I did) It takes longer than the traditional 4 years, but a higher level of education is a must in today’s work place. If someone can’t be bothered to get their ass(hat) in gear, then they have no right to complain when the world passes them by.
I don’t doubt that less crime equals more gentrification, which, up to a point, is just fine. However, the line of thought that says, “Damn, this would be a great neighborhood once we get rid of all those poor black people,” is what seems to be at work here, and that is troubling. There is room in our communities for everyone. I look at my neighbors and see the gamut of doctors, lawyers, nurses, teachers, artists, day laborers, store clerks, the unemployed and those on fixed incomes and welfare, on my block alone. Better policing, better services, a better community doesn’t have to mean only for the “better” members of that community.
Also, while deciding to continue with education is certainly one’s own responsibility, being able to afford it is a whole ‘nother story. If gov’t money goes to paying tuition, or for books, or help for anyone, anywhere, to better themselves, and move up in the economic realm, then that’s my money well spent. It’s totally unreasonable to sit back and expect people who can barely afford ever rising rent to then conjure up money to go to school. If education is the way out of poverty, and I believe it is, then let’s make it possible for anyone to become educated. This is the front end of the preventative spending that Brooklyn Zoo is talking about.
More police in Crown Heights, now I’m definately moving there.
And maybe they can escort me home everyday from the train.