Studies are now showing that NYPD staffing levels have no effect on crime rates.
Not a surprise.
Law enforcement does not stop crime, they just (depressingly infrequently) catch the bad guys after the fact.
Whether or not to hire more police officers has been one of the more contentious policy arguments among New York City’s mayoral hopefuls — but a new report by a former NYPD executive shows that more cops don’t necessarily equal better public safety.
The report, published Thursday by the group Vital City, shows crime declined consistently across multiple years where the number of uniformed officers also waned.
To paraphrase Smedly Butler, law enforcement, much like war, is a racket.
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