In NY major crime complaints fell when cops stopped ‘proactive policing’ (2017)

Re:In NY major crime complaints fell when cops stopped ‘proa... by klyrs on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:14PM (#23352666)

I grew up in an okay neighborhood abutting a bad neighborhood (in the 80s and 90s the sounds of automatic gunfire were noteworthy but all too common). We didn't lock our doors (car or house) and 30 years bygone, somebody's car finally got broken into a couple of years ago.

The going logic is that the gang violence was isolated to their turf, and the property crime happened in the rich neighborhood on the other side of the housing projects. So there's sweet spots out there.

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Re:In NY major crime complaints fell when cops stopped ‘proa... by MiroF on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:26PM (#23352825)

> We didn't lock our doors (car or house) and 30 years bygone, somebody's car finally got broken into a couple of years ago.

How would you know if your car got broken into if your doors were unlocked? What city was this (one of Baltimore, DC, Oakland, Chicago, NYC?)?

YMMV but it's not like car break-ins are rare.

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Re:In NY major crime complaints fell when cops stopped ‘proa... by klyrs on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:49PM (#23353154)

This was in the south end of Seattle. People don't break into cars willy nilly, they steal shit. My brother's car recently got broken into (he's a broke musician but lives in a more affluent neighborhood) and they took everything not nailed down, including a ratty pair of shoes and the pad he used to track his gas mileage.

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Re:In NY major crime complaints fell when cops stopped ‘proa... by pvaldes on Friday May 29, 2020 @09:24PM (#23357598)

Fans are terrible this days, but tomorrow this shoes could worth millions so, just in case... better safe than sorry.

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