New York City crime rates at record low: police

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New York City crime rates at record low: police
NEW YORK
Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:44pm EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This year has been the safest in New York City in more than four decades, with the murder rate down to levels not seen since the early 1960s, police said on Monday.

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As of Sunday, 461 murders had been committed, down from 516 in 2008 and the lowest number since comparable record-keeping began in 1963, the New York Police Department said.

Nationwide, statistics suggest the United States will have seen a drop in violent crime for a third year in a row. Last week, the FBI reported violent crime, including murder and robbery, dropped 4.4 percent in the first half of 2009.

The FBI also said New York was the safest U.S. big city in 2009.

Crime in New York has been falling for several years in a decline widely attributed to a "broken windows" strategy of no tolerance for even the smallest infraction and the system of identifying and addressing problem areas.

In announcing the 2009 statistics, Mayor Michael Bloomberg also gave credit to his efforts to clamp down on illegal guns.

This was "a year for the record books," Bloomberg said.
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1. They've been using "broken windows" since the early '90s, and it seems to have worked well

Kudos to them for finding a way to reduce crime without creating a police state.

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Bloomberg credits strong gun regulation

So did Rudy until until he tried to run for president.

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3. NYC gun regulation hasn't changed for a long time

The Sullivan Act has been in place since 1911.

Bloomberg is an ass.

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2. delete

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4. My son was hired by the NYPD in the early nineties. We like to kid him

that he's responsible for the decrease in crime.

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5. Funny and Rudi G. was nowhere near it when the crime rate went down. Funny

how a crime rate could actually change independant of him. LOL.