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Here is what we should see go along with cops and social workers:
Each station they are clearing, should have an ambulance, triage bus, a representative for the @NYCDHS. This way, those that need immediate medical attention get it. The DHS can place the person in a shelter
2/? The @NYCDHS should have a list of shelters and the number of available beds. There should be transportation ready at the locations to remove the individual to the shelter. DHS must take a more active role in, well, helping the homeless. This all can’t fall on the NYPD.
3/?
The NYPD should have an ESU team and a member of the NYPD Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT) at each location they’re clearing. If someone needs to be forced into treatment, they are there already. It will make things less dangerous for all persons involved.
4/?
The plan should also include a member of the NYC legal team - watching, documenting, and recording incidents as to prove or disprove claims of unwarranted ‘harassment’ by activists - because you know they will be there watching closely and recording too.
5/?
After a station has been cleared - it should be cleaned, lightbulbs replaced, painted were needed, ensure that security cameras are in good working condition - make it look and feel safer. The NYPD should have make each station cleared into a “Fixer” - 24 hour foot post.
6/?
The idea should be a smooth transition for the individual(s) to get the help they need - wether it is food, clothing, shelter, and medical care. It shouldn’t be punitive in any way.
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The City must also address safety in the shelters - or none of this will work. For as long as I can remember, when directing people there, they’ll say, “I’m safer in the street.” Whatever needs to be done, should be done in regards to safety and security in the shelter.
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One thing I’ve noticed about the, “It’s [crime] not as bad as it was in the 1990s” crowd is: they actually never lived through it. They either weren’t born yet, just a baby, or moved to #NYC in 2010 as a urban pioneer. For those of us that did, we never want to see that again.
If you base your entire perception on what is happening right now on statistics and not experiences, I have news for you, the same conversations were happening in the 1970s. As the famous quote goes, “If you don’t know your history, you’re doomed to repeat it.”
If you lived through the ‘bad ole days,’ homelessness, crime on the Subway, shootings, stabbings, disorder, chaos, graffiti, etc. were all the top stories, sort of what we are seeing in the headlines today. The only thing I’m missing is the ‘why?”
1) What’s happening with the surge in violent crime in NYC and elsewhere? “Criminologists” interviewed by CNN can’t quite put a finger on what’s causing it. As far as I’m concerned, you don’t need to be a PhD nor a slide rule to figure it out.
2) What we do need is honesty from anyone, especially academics when interviewed about the surge in violence. That honesty has to happen even if it goes against everything you’ve been taught and learned.
3) One criminologist said it was “reasonably clear” that the spike was due to COVID restrictions. Really? I know the mayor and other politicians like to use this excuse, but we are not seeing violence surge across the board in every community.
Some of the highlights so far:
-97% of shooting victims in June came from the minority community
-100% of shooting vics in July came from the minority community