A shortage of police officers to patrol the streets of New York City has led to rampant crime, The Washington Times reports. The number of rapes has risen 10% this year, especially in the tourist center and Brooklyn.
Attacks on women have increased in New York City – many attribute this to a lack of police officers to patrol the streets, The Washington Times reports. According to the city’s police department, the number of rapes jumped 10% from the beginning of the year to July 28, especially in the tourist center about Times Square and in Brooklyn.
Most violent crime rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels nationwide. Some cities are still trying to repair public safety lapses from the anti-police sentiment of 2020.
The growing anxiety is exacerbated by a shortage of law enforcement officers, notes retired Lt. John McArry. Throwing all their energies into keeping order in the subways, police have abandoned the streets where crime has begun to rise.
Paul Mauro, former head of the New York City Police Department’s legal division, points out that overall staff reductions are getting in the way of stemming crime waves. Officers are being reassigned to patrols from other departments, preventing them from analyzing the causes of the spike in rapes.
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