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Is the NYPD’s Work Slowdown Good or Bad?

By Ari Armstrong

Jan 08, 2015
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From December 29 through January 4, New York City police “officers made a total of 2,401 arrests, compared with 5,448 for the same week the year before, a 56 percent decline,” reports the New York Times. Declines were far steeper for traffic and parking tickets and for criminal summonses.

This work slowdown is a result of (among other things) protests of…

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