Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "NYC gets what it voted for" video.
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Clearance rates of all crimes have plummeted as cops become far less ineffective at their jobs.
This is happening while police budgets soar (the LAPD takes 50% of the LA city budget, for example). NYPD's budget for 2023 is $10.8 billion.
Studies have shown that police have been effective in one thing: alienating the communities the police. Citizen trust in the police has plummeted the same as clearance rates for crimes. That's because the police rely on citizen cooperation to prevent and solve crimes, which is a principle Robert Peel, the founder of London's modern police, called "policing by consent".
“Policing by consent” indicates that the legitimacy of policing in the eyes of the public is based upon a general consensus of support that follows from transparency about their powers, their integrity in exercising those powers and their accountability for doing so.
The rising lawlessness is partly from lax prosecution but also has a great deal to do with the high-handedness and arrogance of police forces. How many cops in Uvalde, Texas have been fired? The police chief and one officer out of the hundreds of cops who stood by while kids were killed. The Uvalde cops harassed parents who complained about police inaction on the day of the massacre. Cops are accountable to NO ONE, protect only themselves, so the public doesn't trust them and doesn't work with them.
I used to consider it my duty to work with cops, even if I didn't like them, because I wanted a safe community. After experiencing police abusing their authority and/or witnessing them failing to protect people, I no longer trust the police and won't cooperate with them. Years ago, I was attacked and beaten by four men on the subway in San Francisco. Got one broken rib, two cracked ribs, and a concussion from the attack. Bystanders called 911. The police never responded. When I complained about the lack of police response, a lieutenant told me "Next time, make a citizen's arrest", laughed, and hung up on me. That was in 2012, well before any "defund the police" calls. I haven't called the cops since.
Police have to work to regain the trust of citizens and so far, they have shown little inclination to do that. Nothing is going to get better until policing changes.
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