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What shortage of cops? Come to NYC, you'll see a seemingly infinite number of them parked on sidewalks/in bus lanes/bike lanes, hanging out in the subway on th
by nyc_data_geek1 3y ago
What shortage of cops? Come to NYC, you'll see a seemingly infinite number of them parked on sidewalks/in bus lanes/bike lanes, hanging out in the subway on their phones, directing traffic where perfectly good traffic lights exist, harassing street vendors, etc. All while funding is being cut for actual public goods.
There's no shortage of cops. There's a severe problem of misallocated resources. Their overtime budget alone could take every homeless new yorker off the streets, harden the city to climate change and create humane conditions for the influx of migrants from increasingly destabilized parts of the globe.
- MattGaiser 3y agoNew York is a very well paid police department as New York is a rich city. Other cities are not as wealthy and thus do not pay as well. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-experiencing-police-hiring-crisis-rcna103600 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-experiencing-police-...
- Zigurd 3y agoThe effectiveness of police in clearing cases is so poor it is very difficult to tell what effect there is from a "shortage."
- FireBeyond 3y agoI always think of The Big Lebowski (I know, I know, I'm hardly original), when LAPD tells him to come pick up his stolen car from the police impound and he asks if they have any leads on who might have stolen it: "Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts! Leads! [laughing] Leads!"
- nyc_data_geek1 3y agoA shortage means not enough to achieve the desired outcome. In the example of New York, the very wealthy and heavily policed city, even a very cursory google search will show you the NYPD's own clearance statistics reporting, and the many articles written about the same, that show while police spending has increased, violent crime clearance rates have decreased. Police do not function to keep us safe (nor are they legally obligated to protect us), their sole purpose is protecting capital. Perhaps if we asked police to do less, paid them less, and eliminated their impunity to function as an occupying gang, they would be less violent and people would hate them less, and they'd be able to hire more easily. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crime-without-punishment-new-york/ https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crime-without-punishmen...