The John Batchelor Show

VIDEO: More Cops

June 26, 2015

Thursday  25 June 2015 / Hour 1, Block B:  Edward W Hayes, criminal defense attorney par excellence, in re: On Tuesday at 11:30 in the morning, a South Korean tourist who'd just finished a yoga class and was sitting on a bench in Bryant Park at the main library: a madman came up and hacked at her arm with machete!  This is the breakdown of the social order: fewer cops, more people do things like this. With a more aggressive police dept, there'd be three or four cops patrolling the park. So DeBlasio backs down and accepts an additional 1,300 cops. It'll take 6 mos to a year to train them; cops must be more aggressive till then. Huge numbers of people sleeping on sidewalks, incl in the midst of main downtown.  DeBlasio has decreed, "Don't be aggressive" – so cops can’t even say, "Move on." On Madison in the Fifties, overt junkies sleeping on hte corner of 57th and Madison, Disgraceful.
De Blasio's decision to add 1,300 cops came after being swayed by Commissioner Bratton's vision for NYPD: sources ; Bratton to Reveal More Details on NYPD Expansion ; Police Commissioner Bill Bratton will unveil more details of his new plan Wednesday on ... ; NYPD Commissioner William Bratton is happy with "good news budget" ; De Blasio's decision to add 1300 cops came after being swayed by Commissioner Bratton's vision for NYPD: sources