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| Topic | Y'all heard about this NYPD 'slowdown' where they're doing way fewer arrests? |
| Balrog0 09/04/19 10:51:34 AM #1: | Apparently not making arrests is great for reducing crime https://reason.com/2017/09/26/study-finds-nypd-slowdown-in-petty-law-e/ The study, based on NYPD crime statistics, was published in Nature Human Behavior. "We find that civilian complaints of major crimes (such as burglary, felony assault and grand larceny) decreased during and shortly after sharp reductions in proactive policing," the study's authors wrote. "The results challenge prevailing scholarship as well as conventional wisdom on authority and legal compliance, as they imply that aggressively enforcing minor legal statutes incites more severe criminal acts." During the slowdownwhich was launched, ironically, as a protest against police reformcops stopped making unnecessary arrests, traffic violation citations saw a 94 percent drop, parking violation citations went down 92 percent, and there was an overall drop in arrests of 66 percent. Essentially, "broken windows" policing stopped. These are good outcomes. Cop advocates argued during the slowdown that such "proactive policing" put them in danger. But it also puts the people they come into contact with in danger. Reducing unnecessary interactions between police officers and residents is an important component of any effort to reduce police violence and abuse. This could have been an opportunity for advocates of police reform to point out that their goals and the preferences of many police officers are not so far apart. --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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