All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
This is an excellent article describing the many issues surrounding the illegal and illegitimate use of temporary tags (vehicle registrations).
This also makes a person wonder why Cities like Philadelphia and San Francisco want to limit police investigations of vehicle registration including temporary tags.
Streetsblog found licensed used car dealers exploiting loose regulations to
sell real temp tags illegally.
— Read on www.streetsblogprojects.org/ghost-tags-part-1-the-dealers
Commissioner Bratton discusses and explains many of his theories, strategies, and tactics for policing. It was refreshing to hear Commissioner Bratton defend good police policies against liberal activists.
I especially enjoyed the podcaster’s argument about resolving drug crime by making illegal drugs legal. They said it’s an easy fix. Unfortunately certain drugs are illegal because of the harm they cause. But I have to give the hosts credit because I think they solved the crime problem. They would be no crime if all crime was made legal.
The former head of the NYPD and the LAPD talks about how bad leadership creates police brutality and why he’s still against pot legalization.
— Read on reason.com/podcast/2023/03/15/bill-bratton-fighting-crime-without-shredding-civil-liberties/
As the Manhattan Institute reported last summer,[5] the subways were a violence-reduction success story from the early 1990s until 2019. Proactive policing, begun in the 1990s by then–transit police chief William J. Bratton, cut felonies by 15% just in 1991, and felonies underground continued…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/public-safety-nyc-subways-no-safety-small-numbers
The Urban Criminal-Justice Disaster: Ideological progressives have no business leading law enforcement agencies. | City Journal
— Read on www.city-journal.org/urban-criminal-justice-disaster
Nikole Hannah-Jones could not resist the urge to call into question the point I was making: that our current political leadership is not going to fix the crime problem in our subways.
— Read on nypost.com/2022/11/22/democrats-deny-subway-crime-but-voters-can-see-it-for-themselves/
A leading scholar rethinks her relationship to broken windows
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/policings-hidden-curriculum
Abandoned vehicles have long been a problem in Oakland. The city has increased resources and manpower to address not just cars but the illegal activity they encourage.
— Read on www.governing.com/community/abandoned-cars-cause-crime-not-just-blight
In Buffalo, Allentown residents express concerns for neighborhood | wgrz.com
Here is a short news clip that commonly summarizes neighborhood issues. Quality of Life and crime. This is what concerns people.
Important crime-fighting strategies: Broken Windows Policing, Community Policing, Problem Solving, and Hot Spots. If a police department applied these 4 policing strategies they would immediately knock down Quality of Life issues and Crime were the community would feel instant results.
The neighborhood would be grateful and the police would feel a sense of accomplishment.
— Read on www.wgrz.com/amp/article/news/crime/buffalo-allentown-concerns-for-neighborhood/71-14439e5e-bbb9-41e2-974c-0e8b38f2fdf8
Oh, was there a memo from the mayor? It must have gone to spam!
— Read on nypost.com/2022/08/27/cops-ignore-mayor-adams-no-congregating-order/
Make sure to check out the 12 page report that is available on the website.
Transit advocates want city and state leaders to tackle what activists said are the root causes of subway safety concerns, rather than throwing law
— Read on www.amny.com/transit/advocates-call-on-city-state-to-tackle-root-causes-of-subway-safety-instead-of-heavy-policing/
All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice - written by a Secret Contrarian
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