To: Darheel
Cop haters also tend to hysteria and hyperbole.
49 posted on
05/25/2003 10:33:05 PM PDT by
Roscoe
To: Roscoe
Let's see what we get for the money. In New York, where they just had several botched no knock raids with one fatality due to domeone dropping dead of a heart attack when cops pitched a flashbang into his apartment, it costs NYC $118,025 in salary and benefits for one uniformed cop. Plus equipment, management overhead, facilities, etc.
At these costs, million dollar settlements are chump change. It's time to strip cops of liability protection, otherwise there is no deterrent.
Do the math:
Do you know how many crimes per cop are reported in NYC each year? In 1999 189,013 serious crimes were reported in NYC. Sounds like a lot, right? Sounds like every NYC cop better be solving a burglary or robbery every two days - maybe 50-100 crimes per cop per year to cover that. Right?
Well... That would make for a 100% solution rate. And that ain't happening. What is the solution rate for crimes in NYC (that is reported crimes, by the way)? They do OK with murder, for which the solution rate is 70%+, beating the nationwide rate of 66% (which is itself shamefully low). Nationwide, the solution rate for violent crime is 46%, and for property crime excluding arson, 16% (FBI UCR). Do you think NYC is beating those numbers?
NYC has about 40,000 uniformed officers. That's right: More than one officer for every 5 serious crimes reported each year. That means some cops, on averge, fail to solve even one crime in a whole year!
You want respect, Roscoe? Try doing a good job. Until those numbers are about ten times better than they are now, cops are rightly the butt of derision. You won't find job performance that bad outside a public school.
Let's hear your excuses.
50 posted on
05/26/2003 5:55:32 AM PDT by
eno_
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