Practically the entire NYPD on strike. Arrests plummet 66%

Source.

It sure seems like NYC is on the verge of anarchy, especially since the crime rate will probably skyrocket from the lack of law enforcement.

It’s not a slowdown — it’s a virtual work stoppage.

NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.

The dramatic drop comes as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio plan to hold an emergency summit on Tuesday with the heads of the five police unions to try to close the widening rift between cops and the administration.

The unprecedented meeting is being held at the new Police Academy in Queens at 2 p.m., sources said.

Angry union leaders have ordered drastic measures for their members since the Dec. 20 assassination of two NYPD cops in a patrol car, including that two units respond to every call.

It has helped contribute to a nose dive in low-level policing, with overall arrests down 66 percent for the week starting Dec. 22 compared with the same period in 2013, stats show.

Citations for traffic violations fell by 94 percent, from 10,069 to 587, during that time frame.

Summonses for low-level offenses like public drinking and urination also plunged 94 percent — from 4,831 to 300.

Even parking violations are way down, dropping by 92 percent, from 14,699 to 1,241.

Drug arrests by cops assigned to the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau — which are part of the overall number — dropped by 84 percent, from 382 to 63.

I'm reminded of the original Robocop ...

There you go de Blasio, your union buddies are calling. Hopes he chokes on it and hopefully another nail on the public sector unions' coffin.

If the NYPD stops responding to violent crimes then we may have a problem.

This will certainly help gain back the trust of the people of New York!

What a bunch of morons. It always makes me uncomfortable at the thought of essential public service workers being allowed to go on strike. It happened a few years ago here where the postal service went on strike for a significant amount of time and cost our provincial economy a lot of money.

also took longer to get my Amazon packages. jerks

The incidence of violent crime will plummet, now that the main perpetrators of it are on strike. :-D

Was it MrGeezer who said this kind of shit was going to start happening?

This is what happens when cops feel like the public is out to get them.

lol pls. Workers in the public sector have on average way better benefits and pay than others. For instance, one benefit of being a cop means you are exempt from being indicted for gunning down unarmed civilians.

I also work in the public sector, specifically healthcare

People already have trouble trusting the police.

This will only make things worse

Reading further into what's been stopped/slowed, this doesn't sound too bad. The lack of traffic law enforcement seems to be the worst, particularly if word of this slowdown causes increased risky behavior, but it's not exactly anarchy in the streets.

The thread title makes it out to be MUCH worse than it actually is.

A lot of it also has to do with some policy the police unions put in place that basically results in longer response times.

I don't agree with this. The Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases and the murder of the two NYPD officers are entirely different situations that require different responses. While I don't agree with Eric Garner's or Michael Brown's innocence, the militarization and tactics the police use are major issues that need to be confronted.

While, it's immature to bash police when they're doing their job and enforcing the, when it comes to condemning the inappropriate use of force and tactics (SWAT raids and NYPD stop-and-frisk), it's not unreasonably bashing the NYPD, it's legitimate criticism against a police force using outdated and unconstitutional tactics.

To add on: DeBlasio has done more for the NYPD and did not incite riots against the police officers. The NYPD does not set policy, the democratically elected mayor along with the support of New Yorkers do. The NYPD has no ground to argue on and why they insist on enforcing such idiotic practices is a wonder.

Now that people can do shots of tequila in public on the hoods of their double parked cars, society may just collapse entirely.

Perhaps I should schedule a weekend trip...

You were right, though, the worst thing in that entire article is the traffic enforcement. I've been hearing stories of people being stuck by their cars for a few hours because of the response time.

Well for a moment it will be like living in europe a little bit.

Don't know about traffic offenses though. We got some nasty fines here for speeding and drunk driving, but you won't go to jail for that.

No doubt. That endangers the public's safety unnecessarily which isn't something I can condone nevertheless support.

What's the deal with the response time? What union change is that attributable to?

From what my buddies in the NYPD are telling me, they are only allowed to take one call -- job -- at a time now. They used to be able to queue them up (Up to five) and respond to other calls when it was appropriate. Like, for instance, if they get a relatively minor traffic incident they wouldn't be able to put that back on the queue and go to another one. Obviously if there's a higher priority crime in progress they are required to go to that higher priority crime, but it's making the traffic division fucked up.

Also, the union has mandated that two police cars respond to every crime.

I'm referring to accidents and the like, not traffic crimes.

oh that's right, that's a crime over there i forgot

a lot of crimes will be happening tonight for sure

but that's tomorrow for you isn't it

because we truly live in different dimensions do we

I gotta time travel to get where you live

Getting into an accident isn't a crime. Causing an accident can be.

So before you try and act all high and mighty you should probably know exactly what you're talking about.

i mentioned drunk driving and speeding, you mentioned crime

Reading the conversation it seems you were referring to drunk driving and speeding as crimes.

And since you do jail people that drive drunk, it seems that drunk driving is a crime over there, here it isn't, you cannnot never get jailed here for drunk driving and speeding even after numerous offenses, you will lose your driver licences though and you'll be fined through the nose.

I'm not acting high and mighty, your society just regulates this differently.

Maybe it'll teach cop haters a lesson when crime sky rockets.

na.....they're not a group that learns things.

No, I was referring to traffic accidents, as I just told you. I'm not sure how you could miss that since it was the first sentence of my second to last post.

If you are blatantly going to ignore the things I tell you why do you even bother to talk to me? It makes no sense.

who knew cops were such pussies.

lmao "teach a lesson". Yeah, you're definitely going to sway people who don't like you by being patronizing and acting like they are children. /s

Cop haters?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10205000792287061

Yea, not hate, warranted anger. That's all the city needed to do to get these fucking glorified tax collectors off our backs, kill 2 dumbass cops stupid enough to eat lunch in a squad car on the corner of Tompkins and Myrtle? (Bedstuy) When the whole colored community is pissed at you, and you have casual lunch in your squad car 6 blocks from the precinct, it's just dumb. NYC's taxes are already high as hell, so they just get cops to ticket any and everything for revenue. Don't understand how people can justify 6 officers responding to tax evasion with an arrest and accidentally killing the guy. He was selling cigarettes, and now he's dead. Officer got acquitted, Mayor tells his son to watch out and he doesn't advocate blatant brutality and HE'S THE ASSHOLE? **** the NYPD, biggest gang in this city. 6 unions for a police force, anyone on the cops side in this is a fuckin joke.

Show some respect. Two cops were murdered. It doesn't matter what your opinion is on the matter, calling them "dumbass cops" is extremely disrespectful.

@Kevlar101: Why the hell are they one strike... Perhaps instead of their own safety they should concern themselves with the safety of the citizens, that has not been the case the last few months

Acting how a lot of people would if they were disrespected so badly while helping so many people.

Their reaction is proportional. The real Children are the cop haters.

Classic blaming the victim.

nvm

A similar thing happened in my country's capital. Operation Turtle they called; homicides quickly rose after that. It's bound to happen. That said, this sort of indiscipline is intolerable. The mayor needs to act to **** syndical and brass leadership up the ass, show who's boss.

Ok kid

You make good use of ad hominem. Just got called kid by a guy who's name is funny to 12 year olds and thinks a Sir Mix-A-Lot song is "classic" haha. Go to the nearest precinct and blow the officers. Just don't ask them for any remuneration, they might arrest your ass!

"traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94"... oh, I think they'll be fine.

"Police sources said Monday that safety concerns were the main reason for the dropoff in police activity"... oh, I'd like to see them justify that one. I mean they go on about how tough their job is and how they're all heroes, two cops end up dead and now they're acting like they're job is too dangerous? Probably not. I think they're exploiting the death of their own, probably to put a stop to the implementation of body cameras.

"some cops were mounting an undeclared slowdown in protest of de Blasio’s response to the non-indictment in the police chokehold death of Eric Garner"... yeah, and what exactly did he say in his response that was so utterly offensive that they refuse to do the job they are paid to do?

I think it's time the NYPD stop acting like little bitches.

Unfortunate. But given the situation in NYC, the cops would be putting themselves in more danger then usual if they tried to enforce these low-level laws, which could also mean that situations would arise where they would have to defend themselves and that would just pour more fuel on the fire. Plus De Blasio could have acted differently and done less to alienate the cops, among other things he should have advised his young son to run to the cops,not away from them.

This situation really is a product of the whole anti-cop, don't talk to the police, no-snitching, mentality that exists within many inner-cities and in academia. The blown out of proportion theory that cops hate black people and try to keep them down.

why bother? you can't enforce the law anyway, it's racist.

#motherfuckerstryingtokillmelivesmatter

lulz.

Cops face violent criminals every day... what makes this any different?