NYPD's Inspector General Shatters Bratton's 'Broken Windows' Policing Strategy - Now What?
A recent report by the NYPD Inspector General found zero evidence to suggest that arresting and issuing criminal summonses to people for so-called "quality of life" offenses — riding their bikes on the sidewalk, drinking beer in public — leads to a drop in more serious felony crimes. It's difficult to overstate what a big deal that finding is.
June 29, 2016 at 02:12PM
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