Eric Adams has set up controversial new units and is arresting people for low-level offenses – but solving more violent crimes instead could rebuild trust
James Essig, the chief of detectives for thepolice department, stepped up to the podium to explain how the department had solved a crime.
Using further surveillance footage from the street and the transit system, detectives tracked and identified a man in different clothes but with a similar gait, height and build – and white earbuds hanging down his side. He was arrested in Brooklyn, and charged with murder. In law enforcement, that number is known as the clearance rate – and it has gone down in recent years. In 2017, the NYPD cleared 76% of murders and 50% of non-fatal shootings. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, however, shootings surged across the country, and clearance rates plummeted.
“You’re not solving these crimes without relationships,” said Corey Pegues, a former NYPD precinct commander and executive. “Nobody wants to talk, especially in a community where there’s a fractured relationship with the police.”
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