NYC on track to finish the year at 1950's-level crime rates
Dec 28, 2017 13:45:31 GMT
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www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-murder-rate-on-pace-to-drop-to-1950s-levels-1514420267?mod=e2tw
"The New York Police Department has recorded 286 murders as of Wednesday, putting the city on pace to finish the year with fewer than 300 murders for the first time since the 1950s. Murders in 2017 are down from 329 at the same point last year and 2,262 in 1990—the highest recorded amount of murders by the NYPD.
Officials have credited the decline to the department’s data-driven approach of targeting the worst offenders in the city, centered on the crime-tracking system known as CompStat, as well as improved community relations and better utilization of technology. The NYPD also has the most officers of any department in the U.S., with 36,000 members."
"The NYPD also has expanded technology that helps officers respond quickly to shootings they otherwise might not know about. The city announced this summer that 60 square miles would be covered by ShotSpotter, which uses audio sensors deployed on rooftops and street poles to alert officers of shootings. The city has recorded 774 shootings so far this year compared with 979 at the same time last year. Shootings normally account for about half of the murders in the city, police officials said.
The NYPD has thousands of both city-owned and privately owned surveillance cameras at its disposal. The police also are using DNA testing to find gun suspects. The Office of the Medical Examiner tested more than 1,270 guns for DNA through November of 2017 and 1,682 in 2016, up from 981 in 2015, according to the office’s spokeswoman."
Progress is possible, if we work for it w/intelligence, humanity, science and technology, instead of fear, greed, "old thinking" and brute force in every single situation.
"The New York Police Department has recorded 286 murders as of Wednesday, putting the city on pace to finish the year with fewer than 300 murders for the first time since the 1950s. Murders in 2017 are down from 329 at the same point last year and 2,262 in 1990—the highest recorded amount of murders by the NYPD.
Officials have credited the decline to the department’s data-driven approach of targeting the worst offenders in the city, centered on the crime-tracking system known as CompStat, as well as improved community relations and better utilization of technology. The NYPD also has the most officers of any department in the U.S., with 36,000 members."
"The NYPD also has expanded technology that helps officers respond quickly to shootings they otherwise might not know about. The city announced this summer that 60 square miles would be covered by ShotSpotter, which uses audio sensors deployed on rooftops and street poles to alert officers of shootings. The city has recorded 774 shootings so far this year compared with 979 at the same time last year. Shootings normally account for about half of the murders in the city, police officials said.
The NYPD has thousands of both city-owned and privately owned surveillance cameras at its disposal. The police also are using DNA testing to find gun suspects. The Office of the Medical Examiner tested more than 1,270 guns for DNA through November of 2017 and 1,682 in 2016, up from 981 in 2015, according to the office’s spokeswoman."
Progress is possible, if we work for it w/intelligence, humanity, science and technology, instead of fear, greed, "old thinking" and brute force in every single situation.
