From a larger series by Jen Carlson at the Gothamist. Here’s how it looks today: Though I’m not certain if The Two-Five is still at the same location. Anybody know if they’ve moved? It would be a shame if they tore down those two solid old buildings. [thanks to Alan I.]
Sort of. And only in response to a lawsuit. Here’s the Times story. Why not just give out the raw data so academics like me can actually use it? It might actually help the NYPD and the city. Just sayin’…
Ray Rivera in the Times: Five New York City police officers who wounded two bystanders in a shootout with a suspect in Harlem in 2005 cannot be held negligent, the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, ending a five-year legal battle before it went to trial. In a 4-to-3 decision, the State Court of Appeals…
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The Wall Street Journal reports: New York City police fired fewer bullets at suspects last year than any time since the department first began keeping in-depth shooting statistics 39 years ago … In 2008, the department was also involved in 105 shooting incidents, with the 125 officers firing a total of 364 bullets. No city…
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I would love it if we could distinguish between quotas and what happened to Adrian Schoolcraft. Just because the NYPD has (as Schoolcraft says) quotas (or at least something that line officers feel are quotas) does not grant legitimacy to Schoolcraft’s media-hungry self-serving whining about how he was treated by the NYPD. There is a…
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Frank Zimring has always been one of the better criminologists out there. This nine minute video from the Vera Institute of Justice hows some of the reasons why.
“No one can get a straight answer on how many cops are patrolling the streets,” Vallone said. In other cases, he added: “They just don’t want to provide the statistics. I don’t understand why, because when they do, it always shows the N.Y.P.D. is doing what they are supposed to do.” Just FYI, I don’t…
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Cop Blocks Bike Lane To Ticket Cyclists For Not Using Lane. I’d like to think there’s more to this story.
Here’s a non-story: NYPD Commissioner Kelly didn’t disclose that the Police Foundation paid his dues at the Harvard Club. My God, who cares? Good God, Lenny, I know you hate Kelly with a passion bordering on obsessive (and that’s putting it mildly), but is this the best you got on the guy? If so, you…
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The stupid mobile gets more press, this time in the Times, which has a few more details. The NYPD has ordered 30 and they cost 8,900 though that’s retail and I’m sure the NYPD pays much much less, if anything. For patrolling a big event or traversing big distances, T3 scooters seem like ideal tools,…
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