New Haven, CT – Was it the guns of the shomrim and the Angels?
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Eli Greer (at left in photo with, at far right, Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa) said yes: Citizen patrols, one of them armed, were responsible for a dramatic drop in crime in 2007.
A top city official begged to differ.
Greer was reacting to new statistics that show that his part of town — the Whalley, Edgewood, Beaver Hills (WEB) district — had, along with Westvile and Dixwell, the biggest drop in crime in 2007.
The statistics come from a chart put together by the police department. It compares the numbers for various crimes in 2006 with 2007 in the city’s ten policing districts.
Shomrim of B.p willy and flatbush have had more than 3,000 arrests in 2007 according to a police official.
WOW!!
Bloomberg should thank these dedicated guys who patrol our streets while we work and while we sleep at night.
Oh, pu-leze!
Statistics are man-made to suit the funding. According to NYPD, crime is down in Crown Heights. NOT TRUE!! It’s that we get such a lousy attitude from lazy cops that most of the time they make it very unpleasant to file a report. Hence, no stats!
It’s very simple, isn’t it?
Shomrim, you take the credit. You earned it!