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Hochul’s “new” idea has been done before!

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By: Scoop Stanton

Well the Governor of New York wants to have cops patrolling the New York City subways on every train in the city overnight. In the immortal words of Marko in Taken: “Good luck.” This idea is not new. How do I know? Because 28 years ago, my first assignment was the Bronx Transit Task Force (BTTF). This was one of the worst details in the NYPD. The people who were sent here were: rookie cops, rookie bosses and screw ups! Cops with Highway, Mounted and Harbor were not looking to transfer here. People weren’t using “hooks” to get this detail. You worked from 8p to 4a or 10p to 6a. You had one cop with a schedule to ride trains up and down the line. If you got a break here or there or got a summons or call for service, you could get off the train, and catch a fare beater or something. Glamourous it was not.

Now; here’s why it will not work. Hochul wants two cops on each train. Not only is that expensive, that’s near impossible. Cops are leaving in droves and nobody is signing up to take the test! Next. When an MoS has a “collar.” The mope wont be charged because DA’s like Alvin Bragg won’t prosecute most crimes. Add to the fact that Bragg and company has no problem going after cops! Then, there bail reform which has been a disaster so nobody spends time on Rikers Island! There is no consequences for criminal actions in New York State! So the cops that you do hire will “coop” in the back rooms, solving nothing. And where is Governor Hochul going to get the money for all those cops!? Oh yeah, from the congestion pricing! If that doesn’t work, she can add a 100% tax on the U Haul trucks going one way!

LeDuff told us already!

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In the television show “The Wire” we got an inside look at Compstat, where police departments report on crime statistics. The FBI also compiles crime statistics nationwide. The FBI also practices “juking the stats.” Crime in 2022 actually went up!

When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald Trump’s claims of soaring crime.

But the FBI has quietly revised those numbers, releasing new data that shows violent crime increased in 2022 by 4.5%. The new data includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults.

The actual changes in crimes are extensive. The updated data for 2022 report that there were 80,029 more violent crimes than in 2021. There were an additional 1,699 murders, 7,780 rapes, 33,459 robberies, and 37,091 aggravated assaults. The question naturally arises: should the FBI’s 2023 numbers be believed?

And the government and media wonders why the people don’t trust them! Mike Rakebrandt has been assigned to look into this with the help of LeDuff.

But; you already knew that months ago! Why? Because Charlie LeDuff told us! On our show no less! LeDuff is practicing a skill no longer used anymore; journalism. We can’t thank Charlie enough not only for his hard work but all of his contributions on 75 Radio!