| Oh no, a few corrupt cops might quit! Whatever will we do? |
What makes you think the corrupt cops will quit? It’s the excellent NYPD cops that don’t want to be stigmatized, demonized, and despised by not only the citizens they serve, but the city leadership. The great cops have options to serve outside the city that the corrupt ones don’t. When the current vigorous recruiting effort isn’t keeping up with retirements and transfers, what will happen to staffing in NYC when a self declared police detractor is sworn in as the mayor that needs to find $1.1B for the Department of Community Safety? Some of that money will come out of the NYPD budget. |
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That's a cute list you have there, Mamdani...
https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2025-11/AWWG%20Palestine%20Policy%20Meeting%20Meeting%20Agenda%20%26%20Notes.pdf mmmm hmmmm. |
So violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution right off the bat. Nice! |
You aren’t very bright then. Dinkins took over during a major crime wave and economic mess in NYC. And he turned it around. Of course Guliani the sociopath later took credit for a lot of improvements there were begun under Dinkins. Dinkins initiated the rehab of crime ridden Times Square which is now an extremely safe tourist center which has made the city billions. He extended the school day to keep vulnerable teens off the streets. He added thousands of new police officers and spearheaded various community programs. His programs were successful and crime started dropping. He spearheaded Arthur Ashe stadium which has become one of NYs biggest tourist draws. Again, making the city billions. He was level headed and honest, and guliani with his tough guy image and ability to lie convinced voters he was weak and Guliani was the answer. But NYers grew to hate Guiliani, and 9/11 is the only thing that saved his image. Which of course he’s tanked bc eventually his real sociopathic personality comes out. |
Actual New Yorker here. NYC is a very pricey place to live. That’s the issue. Not the mayor. Mamdani seeks to address affordability which a lot of cops want. He made some ill informed blanket statement in the past about cops, but thankfully is smart enough to grow and show he can change. His initiative to relieve cops of many mental health calls is appreciated by cops. He also showed up at that slain cops memorial service (the one shot by the football player with CTE). You don’t think hundreds of NYPD weren’t there and moved by it? You underestimate them. Btw the force is extremely diverse now. A lot of people on this chain seem to be focused on old fashioned tropes |
Right the sophisticated intelligence that missed October 7 despite multiple female IDF watchers warning of it |
LOL…Dems are anti-bad cop. Too bad they aren’t anti-bad criminal. |
We missed 9/11 despite chatter and had commercial airplanes kill thousands of Americans. Counterterrorism has to bat 1.000 every day or people die. Israel is better at it than we are. We’re surrounded by oceans and non-threatening countries. Israel is in the sandbox. |
Supposedly 5,000 are quitting because Mamdani got elected. I'd say that anyone quitting their job on the force just because they thought someone said something mean is a snowflake who doesn't have the temperament to be a police officer in the first place. Hopefully that includes some of the corrupt ones, because I do think there's some overlap. As for NYPD demographics, it largely mirrors NYC demographics within about 5-10% in each demographic area, with one bigger exception being more latinos and less whites on the force now than 20 years ago. |
Statements, plural, repeatedly, both written and spoken word examples. That you think HE changed is naive. His front facing facade changed to make him electable. The real Mamdani is the old Mamdani. Like I said, no one here is going to extend grace to Republicans because they hate them. They think they’re corrupt, racist, and homophobic. Where have I heard that before? |
Where did that number come from? That’s aggressive. |
Great cops should have no problem being held to high standards. |
DP. You’re being deliberately disingenuous. How many people would stay at a job where their boss suggested they were “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety”? Especially when that job is dangerous, has terrible hours, pays poorly, and when you can get a similar job elsewhere? Mamdani’s past statements about police were incredibly ill-advised. Time will tell whether and to what extent they have real world impact. |
It’s not about standards, it’s about support. |