In NYC, where I currently live and cannot leave, we are about to elect a mayor who has explicitly stated his anti police sentiments (not to mention Jew hatred and communistic tendencies). Spokespeople for the police have said openly that they will have an unprecedented level of retirements, resignations and off the charts low recruitment. It is understandable that nobody wants to work in a place with laws that make it impossible and dangerous to do their jobs well. I don’t know what the laws are like in your city, but if you want people to be interested in joining the police force and for the police to be good at their jobs, the laws need to be such that this is possible. When Giulliani was mayor of NYC he instituted a “no broken windows” policy. Basically, he addressed low level crime in the interest of also being able to address, or preventing higher level crime. This worked well and continued to work well under Bloomberg. Alas, De Blasio reversed this but Kline of road the coattails of the previous success. Now under Adams the crime has returned because as much as Adam’s has said he will fight crime, he has not reinstated Giuliani’s policies. Probably because they would be political suicide. So now we will have Mayor Dinkins level crime returning, or worse. I can only wonder if New Yorkers will push for another Giuliani type mayor after we hit rock bottom, or will we just become another LA?
I’m afraid for my friends in NYC. My college roommate and her husband and three children are there and many of my high school and college friends. I read an article in the Free Press about how NYC has become largely people who just got there and have no intention of putting down roots, college educated people in the non profit world. All love Mr. Crazy and seem oblivious to the fact that he’s running on luxury beliefs and Jew hate.
In NYC, where I currently live and cannot leave, we are about to elect a mayor who has explicitly stated his anti police sentiments (not to mention Jew hatred and communistic tendencies). Spokespeople for the police have said openly that they will have an unprecedented level of retirements, resignations and off the charts low recruitment. It is understandable that nobody wants to work in a place with laws that make it impossible and dangerous to do their jobs well. I don’t know what the laws are like in your city, but if you want people to be interested in joining the police force and for the police to be good at their jobs, the laws need to be such that this is possible. When Giulliani was mayor of NYC he instituted a “no broken windows” policy. Basically, he addressed low level crime in the interest of also being able to address, or preventing higher level crime. This worked well and continued to work well under Bloomberg. Alas, De Blasio reversed this but Kline of road the coattails of the previous success. Now under Adams the crime has returned because as much as Adam’s has said he will fight crime, he has not reinstated Giuliani’s policies. Probably because they would be political suicide. So now we will have Mayor Dinkins level crime returning, or worse. I can only wonder if New Yorkers will push for another Giuliani type mayor after we hit rock bottom, or will we just become another LA?
I’m afraid for my friends in NYC. My college roommate and her husband and three children are there and many of my high school and college friends. I read an article in the Free Press about how NYC has become largely people who just got there and have no intention of putting down roots, college educated people in the non profit world. All love Mr. Crazy and seem oblivious to the fact that he’s running on luxury beliefs and Jew hate.