TheВ total number of major crimes in 2017 was down by about 6 percent since 2016, itself a record-low year, Mr. Smith cited NYPD data showing that, as stops dropped to 12,000 in 2016 (a decline of about 98 percent from 2011 levels), and about 10,000 in 2017, crime rates continued to fall further.ДЇour of the five years with the lowest number of homicides in New York City since 1960 have been during de BlasioвЂ™s term.ДЄnd 2017 saw considerable reductions in almost every category of major crime, which last year reachedВ the lowest rateВ since New York began keeping extensive crime records in the early 1960s. Restricting the tactic, I thought, would cause an uptick, maybe even a spike, in crime rates. Like many conservatives, I had grave concerns about curtailing the New York City police departmentвЂ™s controversial tactic of stopping and frisking potential suspects for weapons. Many critics predicted widespread mayhem and violence would follow. In 2013, observing that nearly 90 percent of those stopped were completely innocent,В aВ federal judge found that stop-and-friskВ was racially discriminatory and unconstitutional, andВ Bill de BlasioВ won the mayoral campaign after promising to end stop-and-frisk. About 83 percent of the stops between 20 involved Black and Latino people, even though those two groups comprise slightly more than halfВ of the cityвЂ™s residents. ProPublica found that stops in New York City rose from about 100,000 in 2002 to nearly 700,000 in 2011. The tactic was touted as an essential crime-fighting tool that prevented serious crimes by takingВ guns and low-level criminals off the street, and its proponents pointed to years of falling crime rates as evidence that it worked. The New York Police DepartmentвЂ™s stop-and-frisk program directed officers to stop, question, and search civilians on the street for weapons and other contraband based on mere reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Andrew Cuomo declared a disaster emergency for gun violence to quickly receive resources to address issue in the state.Last year, ProPublica reports, murders in New York City fell to 291, the lowest total since the 1950s, despite predictions that ending the police departmentвЂ™sВ stop-and-frisk tactic would lead to an increase in crime. With New York City in the middle of summer, the city launched a вЂњSafe SummerвЂќ initiative that works to deter gun violence with real consequences for picking up a firearm and create disincentives to turning to a life of crime by providing real, positive alternatives for young people.ДЄmid the ongoing gun violence, Gov. вЂњThrough targeted deployment and collaborative efforts with those we serve, the department continues in its mission to stamp out criminal activity and hold those who commit acts of violence to account.вЂќДespite a decrease in murders and shooting incidents, Shea acknowledged an increase in crime, including car theft and robberies. вЂњKeeping all New Yorkers safe is what drives us, and your police officers are working with community members around the clock to do just that,вЂќ said Shea. The police commissioner said more gun arrests have been made in the last six months than in more than two decades, but the NYPD is doing what they can to target those guns.ДЄnyone carrying an illegal firearm in NYC should have consequences and should be taken out of the streets, Shea said. The NYPD made about 361 gun arrests for the month of June, up 99.4% from the same time last year, according to the department. In the last 60 days, the NYPD has taken 94 people off the streets, according to Shea. While murders in the city decreased by 23.3% from 33 to 43.ДЄccording to NYPD crime data, roughly 900 people have been shot in New York City in 2021 so far, the highest number for this time period since 2002. Shooting incidents decreased by 19.5% from 165 to 205, according to the NYPD. NEW YORK - As New York City continues to battle crime across the five boroughs, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced Tuesday the number of murder and shooting incidents have declined for the month of June compared to the same time last year.

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