NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break from ‘proactive policing’

Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by falcrist on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:23PM (#28361617)

I'm a bit confused... Everyone is assuming that the police wouldn't respond to calls during this period, but the article doesn't suggest that this was the case.

Even looking through articles in 2014 and 2015 doesn't provide me with any evidence that police weren't showing up to crime scenes... just that they weren't doing the "proactive policing" thing.

Am I missing something here?

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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by nanis on Monday August 30, 2021 @07:46PM (#28362321)

Showing up after the crime has been committed is not the same as being around to deter crime.

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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by falcrist on Monday August 30, 2021 @08:11PM (#28362504)

I'm specifically talking about showing up when crimes were reported, not whether they were deterring crimes.

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