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Re: I was taken in handcuffs for photography at the Freeman St Station on the 2 |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Sun Feb 15 20:41:04 2009, in response to Re: I was taken in handcuffs for photography at the Freeman St Station on the 2, posted by bklyntekgeek on Sun Feb 15 17:42:31 2009. Don't blame the rookie so much for the "bicycle on sidewalk" summons. That summons believe it or not was a result of Rudi Giulliani and his Comstat program. Captains go to comstat meetings, chiefs give them crime statistics and ask captains how they are to address them and the captains must answer. When I was still a supervisor in the 81 in Bed/Stuy there were a few shootings by bicyclists riding on the sidewalk. When confronted at Comstat our commanding officer stated he will address the problem by summonsing bicyclists on the sidewalk. I as supervisor was sent out after the tour was over on overtime looking for such summonses. It was embarrassing as all of the violators were normal people going home from work including a few females. Since it was after midnight the sidewalks were empty anyway. None of the violators appeared to be the bad guys. But we had to get them anyway. It is a lawful summons, bicyclists aren't allowed on the sidewalk. These summonses were given just so the captain can say at a comstat meeting that he addressed the problem. As a supervisor I was lucky, I didn't have to face the violators.Most criminal court summonses are a result of Guilliani's Comstat. Before comstat drinking on the street was common. Once comstat came into being that's when the term "open container" became common. Same thing with dice games, etc. |
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