New York journalist and radio host Allison Kilkenny tweeted, “Arrests plummeted 66% but I just looked outside and nothing is on fire and the sun is still out and everything. Weird.”
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, New York’s largest police union, had already urged its members not to make arrests “unless absolutely necessary.”
Well, one would have hoped that they were already doing that.
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.
The Post obtained the numbers hours after revealing that cops were turning a blind eye to some minor crimes and making arrests only “when they have to” since the execution-style shootings of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.
Police sources said Monday that safety concerns were the main reason for the dropoff in police activity, but added that 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.
“The call last week from the PBA is what started it, but this has been simmering for a long time,” one source said.
“This is not a slowdown for slowdown’s sake. Cops are concerned, after the reaction from City Hall on the Garner case, about de Blasio not backing them.”
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association has warned its members to put their safety first and not make arrests “unless absolutely necessary.”
Sergeants Benevolent Association President Ed Mullins told The Post he’s glad de Blasio is meeting with the unions, but worries that it’s just a publicity stunt.
“I’m disappointed in the issuance of a press release announcing the meeting, which now raises concerns of sincerity,” he said.
“Is this about politics or is it about working through problems?”
dont cave in , do your job, dont second guess yourself because a few bad actors can’t understand the meaning of law and order, anarchy and appeasement are not what we pay you to do, do your job and arrest and cite lawbreakers, or you will ultimately lose all control and we will have to replace you
There will be a lot of minorities killed when Obama calls for martial law…
amen richard or ,maybe he wont make the office