“The Legislature, the district attorneys, and the courts worked in partnership with policing,” Fox said. Fox said former Mayor Rudy Giuliani got credit for the reversal, but he didn’t do it alone. Public safety improved starting in the mid-1990s with the sometimes controversial “Broken Windows” police initiatives.
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He began as a beat cop in the 1980s as crack cocaine caused widespread violent crime throughout the city. The Brooklyn native and lifelong Catholic also commanded the Brooklyn South Patrol Bureau and the 71st Precinct. Honor that.”įox, now a leadership coach and public speaker, led the Transit Bureau from 2011-2018. When you’re getting into a subway car, and something doesn’t feel right, turn around and get out. “The most important public safety tip is to go with your gut,” he added. Joe Fox, a retired NYPD commander and former chief of the Transit Bureau, urged riders to stay vigilant, avoid arguments, and stick with the crowds. Included this year were a woman pushed in front of a Times Square train in January, a man fatally shot in May on a Manhattan-bound “Q” train from Brooklyn, and a 15-year-old boy gunned down last month on an “A” train in Far Rockaway. The nine subway murders already passed the six killings in 2021 (see timeline below). 28, compared to 1,316 over the same time last year. New York Police Department records showed assaults and robberies among the 1,865 transit crimes reported from January through Oct. PROSPECT HEIGHTS - Savage, unprovoked attacks on passengers have fueled a 41.7% hike in violent incidents on New York City’s subway lines so far this year. Police believe this “turnstile jumper” stabbed another man in an unprovoked attack on Delancy Street in Manhattan.
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