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Showing Original Post only (View all)NYT to NYPD: 1. Don’t violate the Constitution. 2. Don’t kill unarmed people. 3. Do your jobs. [View all]
The New York Post on Tuesday reported, and city officials confirmed, that officers are essentially abandoning enforcement of low-level offenses. According to data The Post cited for the week starting Dec. 22 two days after two officers were shot and killed on a Brooklyn street traffic citations had fallen by 94 percent over the same period last year, summonses for offenses like public drinking and urination were down 94 percent, parking violations were down 92 percent, and drug arrests by the Organized Crime Control Bureau were down 84 percent.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/29/arrests-plummet-following-execution-of-two-cops/
http://nypost.com/2014/12/29/arrests-plummet-following-execution-of-two-cops/
EDITORIAL
When New York City Police Walk Off the Job
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The list of grievances adds up to very little, unless you look at it through the magnifying lens of resentment fomented by union bosses and right-wing commentators. The falling murder rate, the increased resources for the department, the end of quota-based policing, which the police union despised, the mayors commitment to broken-windows policing none of that matters, because many cops have latched on to the narrative that they are hated, with the mayor orchestrating the hate.
Its a false narrative. Mr. de Blasio was elected by a wide margin on a promise to reform the policing excesses that were found unconstitutional by a federal court. He hired a proven reformer, Mr. Bratton, who had achieved with the Los Angeles Police Department what needs doing in New York. The furor that has gripped the city since the Garner killing has been a complicated mess. But what New Yorkers expect of the Police Department is simple:
1. Dont violate the Constitution.
2. Dont kill unarmed people.
To that we can add:
3. Do your jobs. The police are sworn public servants, and refusing to work violates their oath to serve and protect. Mr. Bratton should hold his commanders and supervisors responsible, and turn this insubordination around.
MORE:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/opinion/when-new-york-city-police-walk-off-the-job.html?ref=opinion&_r=2&referrer=
When New York City Police Walk Off the Job
.......................
The list of grievances adds up to very little, unless you look at it through the magnifying lens of resentment fomented by union bosses and right-wing commentators. The falling murder rate, the increased resources for the department, the end of quota-based policing, which the police union despised, the mayors commitment to broken-windows policing none of that matters, because many cops have latched on to the narrative that they are hated, with the mayor orchestrating the hate.
Its a false narrative. Mr. de Blasio was elected by a wide margin on a promise to reform the policing excesses that were found unconstitutional by a federal court. He hired a proven reformer, Mr. Bratton, who had achieved with the Los Angeles Police Department what needs doing in New York. The furor that has gripped the city since the Garner killing has been a complicated mess. But what New Yorkers expect of the Police Department is simple:
1. Dont violate the Constitution.
2. Dont kill unarmed people.
To that we can add:
3. Do your jobs. The police are sworn public servants, and refusing to work violates their oath to serve and protect. Mr. Bratton should hold his commanders and supervisors responsible, and turn this insubordination around.
MORE:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/opinion/when-new-york-city-police-walk-off-the-job.html?ref=opinion&_r=2&referrer=
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NYT to NYPD: 1. Don’t violate the Constitution. 2. Don’t kill unarmed people. 3. Do your jobs. [View all]
kpete
Dec 2014
OP
Ah, I got you. I thought that was something of an urban legend, i.e., that cops were required to
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#6
If "TAX THE RICH!" still doesn't have enough of a constituency, then certainly
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#48
Well, that too, but that has come to mean all widebody aircraft over the years.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#58
Should their poor actions be supported? Should they be allowed to do what they want without
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#64
I think that the behavior of Lynch, some cops at the funeral, and in general lately have proven
Renew Deal
Dec 2014
#3
Some in the NYPD think that they can't do #3 unless they can do #2 and #1 would still apply
4lbs
Dec 2014
#16
If the point were to avoid taxes, people could sell packs of cigarettes from Indian reservations,
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#39
But is the risk that is taken in buying cigarettes in Missouri, importing and transporting them to
JDPriestly
Dec 2014
#62
They ARE doing their jobs, which is being the enforcers for the Capitalist Class.
Odin2005
Dec 2014
#19
I personally hope the gallant and brave police officers continue with brave their attitude
LiberalArkie
Dec 2014
#20