"Cordero started his career on the other side of the Hudson River in the Bronx, and worked for former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, godfather of intelligence-led policing. The concept, commonly called Compstat, emphasizes using statistics to track and proactively address crime."
- well, that is a complete rewriting of history and fact, and displays quite an alarming lack of knowledge about intelligence-led policing. I would expect no less from Jose Cordero.
"Bad things are about to happen to bad people," Cordero said.
What a horrible statement for a law enforcement officer to make about fellow citizens. Drug users, and even dealers may be "bad people" (I'd disagree), but you still want proportional justice, not "bad things" to happen.
Anywho, what exactly are the crime statistics for this area? What exactly constitutes a crime "wave" by their definition?
Oh, here it is, I missed it somehow the first reading: Last year there were 25 homicides, up slightly from 2007. On top of that, 45 people were wounded by gunfire. There have been five murders so far this year.So because murders didn't fall, and were up slightly. Hm. I'm not a cop, is that the definition of a crime wave? I'm a little confused however, because a little further down the article it says: Despite an "exponentially increased" amount of violent crime, the department had yet to develop a coherent plan to combat the problem.So which is it? Is crime up slightly, or did it rise exponentially? I'm willing to allow them some hyperbole, but unless that exponant was "1", I'm thinking that was a poor choice of words.
And then later I see it says "nine people were shot in a seven-day span.". I thought there have been 5 murders this year? Is this a different location, a wider error, or was that a different time period? This article is confusing.
"Cordero started his career on the other side of the Hudson River in the Bronx, and worked for former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, godfather of intelligence-led policing. The concept, commonly called Compstat, emphasizes using statistics to track and proactively address crime."
ReplyDelete- well, that is a complete rewriting of history and fact, and displays quite an alarming lack of knowledge about intelligence-led policing. I would expect no less from Jose Cordero.
"Bad things are about to happen to bad people," Cordero said.
ReplyDeleteWhat a horrible statement for a law enforcement officer to make about fellow citizens. Drug users, and even dealers may be "bad people" (I'd disagree), but you still want proportional justice, not "bad things" to happen.
Anywho, what exactly are the crime statistics for this area? What exactly constitutes a crime "wave" by their definition?
Oh, here it is, I missed it somehow the first reading: Last year there were 25 homicides, up slightly from 2007. On top of that, 45 people were wounded by gunfire. There have been five murders so far this year.So because murders didn't fall, and were up slightly. Hm. I'm not a cop, is that the definition of a crime wave? I'm a little confused however, because a little further down the article it says: Despite an "exponentially increased" amount of violent crime, the department had yet to develop a coherent plan to combat the problem.So which is it? Is crime up slightly, or did it rise exponentially? I'm willing to allow them some hyperbole, but unless that exponant was "1", I'm thinking that was a poor choice of words.
ReplyDeleteAnd then later I see it says "nine people were shot in a seven-day span.". I thought there have been 5 murders this year? Is this a different location, a wider error, or was that a different time period? This article is confusing.
Oh, shot does not equal murdered, duh. Retract that statement. Still a confusing article though.
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