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]
Photo by lesterhead.
“I, for one, agree that more policing is needed. Crown Heights needs to lower its crime rate in order for gentrification to continue.”
No there will be more “gentrification” because the asshats will wake up and say “Oh Shit there is a Black Man in My wife Ass”!
I like Barron he don’t give a fuck! We need cowboys like him!
You asshole moved into ‘da hood’ and think shit was gonna change??!!! Hahhahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!! You got Got stupid mother fuckers Syke!!! LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Someday this war is gonna end…
Disagree with montrose morris. Less crime = more gentrification, which is a good thing. Regardless of how one feels, that is what is and will continue happening.
I also disagree that Letitia James is a good spokeperson. She is an idiot who has wasted a lot of time fighting the losing atlantic yards battle when she could have spent that time on more pressing needs. yes, i live in her district, read her newsletter, and keep tabs on her in the press. she’s a dud who only got into office because james davis was murdered. like barron, her tactis are outdated and she seems to think that it’s 1968. thank god for term limits.
Charles Barron and Al Sharpton were never good leaders.
More cops cracking down on crime with improve the lives of the current residents.
If people want better job opportunities, they are not going to get it from a gov’t agency. Education and proper business skill sets are, ultimately, the responsibility of the individual. If you think a HS education is going to get you a job in this day and age, you are sadly, sadly mistaken.
I look forward to lower crime rates and a better quality of life.
BrooklynZoo..you can’t focus on long term goals without dealing with immediate needs first. Safety and security are just 2 of the factors that will bring qualified teachers and industry leaders in. Without it you are left with poorly run church-based organizations that manage social programs with 80% of their project budgets allocated to salaries. Its a joke. Charles Barron, Al Sharpton, etc. have been good leaders in the past, but they are way over the hill. They come from these so-called grassroots organizations and want to continue funding them with taxpayer dollars. I agree, educational programs and job-training has been proven to reduce crime, but it should be earmarked to grade school children to give them a brighter future. But we still have the responsibility to make sure that the streets are safe for them to travel.
The problem is that black has to stop killing blacks, and the black family has to learn how to take responsibility for thier own children. The biggest danger to the black man today, is the black man, not the white man.
If they don’t stop electing idiots like Barron they will go nowhere. The democrats keep up with handouts throwing money at the problems and they go nowhere. Wouldn’t u vote for a democrat if he gave u free money?
I may be putting words into Barron’s mouth, but what I understood of his statement is that instead of focusing on policing (and, proliferation of prisons, higher minimum sentences, etc.), perhaps we should be focusing more on educational programs, job training, etc. – things that are proven to reduce crime in a longer, more impactful way. It’s a question of spending more money on the front end (prevention through education and opportunity) or the back end.
I agree that NYPD seems to becoming more diverse – the most recent class of recruits were 27% Hispanic, 13% black, 7% Asian and 53% white. Those numbers aren’t that far off from NYC population statistics, I think.. That’s definitely a step in the right direction.
“we need more jobs, recreational centers and parks”
The notion that the lack of a job (and there are plenty of jobs out there if you want one), recreational centers and parks turns young men into cold-blooded killers is ludicrous at best.
How does this loud-mouth Baron keep getting reelected?
Man-on-the-street interviews turned up many local residents in these precincts (including mine) who want MORE police protection–a no-brainer if you ever want to leave your house. Barron, alas, has become the go-to racist clown and inflammatory quote machine now that Reverend Al has “matured” beyond the rote spewing of such tripe. The wonder is that the media still march, zombie-like, to the same beat.
what crime ridden community was the picture taken in?
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