Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
At the funeral of slain NYPD Detective Wilbert Mora, former NYPD Captain and current Mayor Eric Adams lamented about the state of gun<\/a> violence and said<\/a>, \u201cOur city is going to do more than thank you. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. It is New York against the killers, and we will not lose.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Regardless, we fully support the move to fund the police. More officers on the street with better training is a proven solution to reduce crime. Additionally, it also helps improve the public perception of safe streets. While the President is certainly wrong about the Second Amendment, he\u2019s right that the police need our support and more funding.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Fund the Police: The President Gets One Thing Right","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fund-the-police","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/03\/02\/fund-the-police\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1184,"post_author":"307","post_date":"2022-02-23 12:08:14","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-23 17:08:14","post_content":"\n At the funeral of slain NYPD Detective Wilbert Mora, former NYPD Captain and current Mayor Eric Adams lamented about the state of gun<\/a> violence and said<\/a>, \u201cOur city is going to do more than thank you. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. It is New York against the killers, and we will not lose.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
Regardless, we fully support the move to fund the police. More officers on the street with better training is a proven solution to reduce crime. Additionally, it also helps improve the public perception of safe streets. While the President is certainly wrong about the Second Amendment, he\u2019s right that the police need our support and more funding.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Fund the Police: The President Gets One Thing Right","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fund-the-police","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/03\/02\/fund-the-police\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1184,"post_author":"307","post_date":"2022-02-23 12:08:14","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-23 17:08:14","post_content":"\n At the funeral of slain NYPD Detective Wilbert Mora, former NYPD Captain and current Mayor Eric Adams lamented about the state of gun<\/a> violence and said<\/a>, \u201cOur city is going to do more than thank you. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. It is New York against the killers, and we will not lose.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
In addition to record inflation, the US is also experiencing a record crime wave<\/a>. This spike in crime, more importantly the perception from regular people that they\u2019re not safe, has likely contributed to the President\u2019s change in rhetoric. It\u2019s not cynical to point out that there is a mid-term election on the way. Historically, times of perceived high crime and unrest coupled with a mid-term election are bad news for the party in power.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regardless, we fully support the move to fund the police. More officers on the street with better training is a proven solution to reduce crime. Additionally, it also helps improve the public perception of safe streets. While the President is certainly wrong about the Second Amendment, he\u2019s right that the police need our support and more funding.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Fund the Police: The President Gets One Thing Right","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fund-the-police","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/03\/02\/fund-the-police\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1184,"post_author":"307","post_date":"2022-02-23 12:08:14","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-23 17:08:14","post_content":"\n At the funeral of slain NYPD Detective Wilbert Mora, former NYPD Captain and current Mayor Eric Adams lamented about the state of gun<\/a> violence and said<\/a>, \u201cOur city is going to do more than thank you. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. It is New York against the killers, and we will not lose.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Biden Administration<\/a> put forward a plan for a nationwide strategy seeking to \u201ctrust and earn legitimacy, invest in prevention and intervention programs, target enforcement efforts against the most violent criminals and the ability to measure results. This strategy ignores the main reason for the violent crime surge, an absence of enforcement of the rule of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To realistically address violent crime, one of the first steps is to stop the degradation and degrading of the law enforcement profession.\u00a0According to a report<\/a> by the Police Executive Research Forum, fewer new officers were hired in 2020-2021. Meanwhile, resignations and retirements increased in the same period, compared to the previous year. Resignations rose 18 percent and retirements increased a whopping 45 percent. The reduction in force drains a profession in need of expertise, and the expertise comes only from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the comments provided during this survey, on recruiting, \u201cWe have seen an approximate 40-percent reduction in applicant packets this last fiscal year. In addition, we are seeing fewer \u2018above average\u2019 candidates. The current rhetoric and negativity surrounding law enforcement is having a negative impact on the number and quality of applicants we recruit. \u2026In 2020 and 2021, most of our officers who left did not leave for another department. They left the profession.\u201d Without enough law enforcement officers, especially experienced ones, its hard to fight crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Second, prosecutors in all jurisdictions need to uphold the law and prosecute. Instead, what we have seen is shoplifting and drug-possession are no longer crimes<\/a> in Baltimore. St. Louis is not prosecuting looting and rioting, Portland is doing the same and is also not prosecuting trespassing, Philadelphia won\u2019t prosecute looting, rioting or prostitution and San Francisco and Chicago, where record shootings are occurring, is not prosecuting thefts under $1,000 and indecent exposure offenses. And in New York, on his first day in office the new District Attorney issued a memo<\/a> outlining what he won\u2019t prosecute many so called \u201clow-level\u201d offenses, sending a message that will only embolden criminal behavior. This new dynamic of so-called progressive prosecutors continues to use a flawed crime emboldening approach vs a public safety approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third, so called \u201cbail reform<\/a>,\" which are efforts to use alternatives to pre-court incarceration; efforts to release more inmates<\/a> or any sentencing reform<\/a>, must be reformed. The data on bail reform alone shows some unintended consequences. The data indicates, \u201cthat the new system is still gambling \u2014 allowing some potentially preventable criminality.\" Since bail reforms were enacted (in New York), judges have increasingly used supervised release as an alternative to jail. The population is free but monitoring grew from 2,162 people in September 2018 to 3,543 in September 2020. What this means is the total universe of supervised release defendants increased as did the number of crimes committed, including serious felonies, which indicate a failure of the system<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fourth, if you are going to use supervised release more liberally, then the support structures need to be in place to support and monitor these criminals \u2013 which means robust probation and parole. Yet in the proposed New York 2020-21 Executive Budget recommendation for statewide County and New York City Probation Services, it remained unchanged since fiscal year 2012-13. The NEW YORK STATE PROBATION OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, INC said<\/a> its becoming less of a \u201cState-Local\u201d partnership and closer and closer to becoming an \u201cunfunded mandate.\" Even in the federal government, whose use of the FIRST Step Act has seen its inmate numbers decline<\/a> form 192,170 in 2016 to 155,826 in 2021, has done nothing to support them while on supervised release. A FY21 funding bill provided funding to hire 94 more staff at U.S. Probation. A budget cut in the final bill<\/a> killed that funding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fifth, let law enforcement enforce the law. While many jurisdictions have abandoned enforcing certain low-level crimes, the net result has been historic increase<\/a> in robberies, assaults and other crimes.<\/a> While the \u201cbroken windows<\/a>\u201d model has been controversial, one of its tenants is \u201cdisorder creates fear\u201d and as any law enforcement officer will attest to, small crimes often lead to larger ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If our elected officials are serious about attacking and reducing violent crime, bringing back the evidence-proven enforcement strategies that work and empower the police and punish the criminals is what needs to happen. Anything less than that will continue the tragedy that Detective Rivera\u2019s widow described as, \u201ca system that fails us<\/a>.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Return to Basics: Fighting the Rise of Violent Crime in America","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"fighting-rising-crime","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 10:13:46","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/02\/23\/fighting-rising-crime\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":5},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_23"};
However, the country at large prefers funding<\/em> the police. Politicians who have been vocal about getting rid of police departments or defunding them are seeing their approval numbers tank. Nationwide polling clearly shows the majority of respondents favor robust crime prevention and law enforcement. It looks like the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement represented a small group of outliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to record inflation, the US is also experiencing a record crime wave<\/a>. This spike in crime, more importantly the perception from regular people that they\u2019re not safe, has likely contributed to the President\u2019s change in rhetoric. It\u2019s not cynical to point out that there is a mid-term election on the way. Historically, times of perceived high crime and unrest coupled with a mid-term election are bad news for the party in power.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regardless, we fully support the move to fund the police. More officers on the street with better training is a proven solution to reduce crime. Additionally, it also helps improve the public perception of safe streets. While the President is certainly wrong about the Second Amendment, he\u2019s right that the police need our support and more funding.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Fund the Police: The President Gets One Thing Right","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"fund-the-police","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_modified_gmt":"2023-05-31 16:10:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.dev.athlonoutdoors.com\/2022\/03\/02\/fund-the-police\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1184,"post_author":"307","post_date":"2022-02-23 12:08:14","post_date_gmt":"2022-02-23 17:08:14","post_content":"\n At the funeral of slain NYPD Detective Wilbert Mora, former NYPD Captain and current Mayor Eric Adams lamented about the state of gun<\/a> violence and said<\/a>, \u201cOur city is going to do more than thank you. We are going to give you the resources to fight this senseless violence. It is New York against the killers, and we will not lose.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n A positive statement from the mayor of a city whose major violent crime rate has risen over 38 percent so far this year versus last. This includes shootings, which are up 32 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City isn\u2019t alone though. This trend mirrors the overall surge in violent crime in America<\/a>. Or as the FBI put it<\/a>, \u201cfor the first time in four years, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation increased when compared with the previous year\u2019s statistics,\u201d citing a 5.6-percent rise in violent crime. In 2020, the rate of violent crime totaled 387.8 offenses per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 380.8 offenses per 100,000 people in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And while this violent crime epidemic persists, elected officials across the nation seem baffled with how to combat this sudden and dramatic rise in crime<\/a> in the aftermath of many who had called for defunding the police<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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