Not only is the NYPD having trouble getting potential recruits to sit for the entrance exam to the Police Academy, but one in five who gain entrance wind up dropping out or disqualifying themselves before they graduate. The end result is that for the first time in years, fewer than 1,000 were officers were added to the force from a graduating class and the size of the NYPD has shrunk to its smallest number in......

Given that ridership is at record highs, the MTA and police are proud that subway crime is down from a year ago, according to statistics obtained by the New York Post. Overall, crime is down almost 13% due to a drop in rapes, robberies, and grand larceny. Murders doubled from two in 2006 to four last year. Assaults also increased, up 9% from the same period a year ago. This is likely attributed to increased......

While announcing that overall felony crime in 2007 is down 6% versus last year, Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly proclaimed that the city is on pace "is on course to set a new record in crime reduction" - to have the fewest number of murders "since records have been kept." The city expects the murder rate will be below 500 (as of Wednesday 7:30AM, there have been 484 reported murders), which is the......

About 14% of new police recruits have dropped out of the latest Police Academy class of over 1,000 recruits, and some are worried that the city's crimefighting programs will be hurt. Notably, "Operation Impact," which Police Commissioner Ray Kelly credit withs helping decrease crime by 25-30% by concentrating cops in those "impact areas" may be without more police officers. Kelly blames the attrition partly on the low starting salary of $25,100. Indeed, many police recruits......

Yesterday afternoon, 1,097 police cadets graduated from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. The Mayor said, "Just a few weeks ago, the FBI reported that violent crime went up in the rest of the nation during 2006, but here in New York violent crime decreased. The NYPD has continued to drive violent crime and property crime down to historic lows this year - and year after year. Today we welcome 1,097......

Given current murder rates, it seems that the city's murder rate will go down yet again this year. Newsday reports that NYC is on track "to recoard the lowest homicide rate in at least 40 years": - bout 450 for the year. Even police offices are asking "What's going on?" While murder rates alone are not the ultimate quality-of-life measures, touting low murder rates is a useful tool for Mayors and other city elected officials......

Mayor Bloomberg had a lot to smile about, as he announced that New York City's crime rate was historic lows in 2004. NYC is still the safest big city in the U.S., reducing crime in all five boroughs, and is on track to have less than 600 murders for a third year in a row. Gothamist read the press release and found these points telling: - Crime is down 5% citywide; specific drops included 11.5%......

Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced that New York is the safest city in the U.S. for the second year in a row. NYC experienced a 5.5% drop in crime (after a 5.9% drop in 2002) a rate which the Daily News calls, "nearly four times lower than in Dallas, three times lower than in Phoenix and roughly half as high as in Philadelphia or Los Angeles." Thrilled to show that his......

Even with 4,000 fewer police officers, the crime rate in NYC continues to drop. Cops are the true heroes of New York. The Daily News reports major crime is down 5.6% comparged to last year, which continues the 10 year trend decline in serious crime first scene in the Giuliani administration. The Mayor's office will probably be touting these statistics as proof that he can effectively fight crime, contrary to what his critics think. Some......

The Post reports that the crime in NY for the first eight months of the year has decreased compared to last year. "Crime in seven major categories — murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto theft — has so far fallen 6.12 percent." Police Commissioner Ray Kelly mentioned "Operation Impact" (a crime-fighting initiative started in January) in particular, for targeting "the most stubborn high-crime areas" and bringing down "crime in those zones by......