broken-windows
NYPD May Stop Arresting So Many People for Peeing in the Street, and That’s Great
Andy Cush · 01/21/16 02:35PMEver since commissioner Bill Bratton took command of the NYPD in 2014, the department has placed special focus on arresting people who commit small crimes like public urination and panhandling. If a widely supported new legislation package in City Council is any indication, that may soon change. Get your pee on! Because this is excellent news.
Brendan O'Connor · 01/16/16 04:45PM
Bratton and de Blasio, Best Buddies, Aren't Going to End Broken Windows
Andy Cush · 08/31/15 03:30PMA Bill Bratton profile in this week’s New Yorker reveals little that we didn’t already know about the NYPD commissioner. What we do hear about, over and over, is the ongoing commitment of Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio to “broken windows” policing—which Bratton pledges will be around for as long as he and de Blasio are in power.
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Andy Cush · 08/08/14 07:27AMThe NYPD Probably Didn't Stop All That Crime
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 02/09/13 02:40PMHere's the popular consensus: In the mid-nineties, New York City finally got tough on crime. By using the ground-breaking CompStat computer system, cracking down on misdemeanors and criminalizing social situations (like hanging out with other people in parks or hallways), as well as instituting its controversial "Stop and Frisk" strategy, crime fell. It went down a jaw-dropping 40% in three years. Bill Bratton (pictured above), its intrepid police commissioner, was hailed as an innovator and savior. The legacy of Mayor Rudolph Giulliani was forever intertwined with the "broken windows" policy, which then spread to cities worldwide. Being tough on crime meant arresting anyone (mostly poor people) for the slightest of infractions. And that's how New York City came back.