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Crime and Rats Down, But City Jails and Services Struggle, New Report Shows
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THE CITY – NYC News
Gun arrests, however, also fell 13%, reflecting what police described as “fewer deadly weapons on city streets.”Some crime statistics were headed in the wrong direction, the report showed.
For the most critical crimes, average response times dipped to 9 minutes and 10 seconds — down from 9:24 a year earlier.
Behind BarsWhile crime on city streets shows signs of steady improvement, the story inside the jails tells the opposite tale: more detainees, longer stays, and rising violence.
With more people locked up for longer stretches, violence inside city jails rose sharply, the report revealed.
And as the city phased in its containerization program — which Adams credits for cleaner streets — summonses and warnings rose nearly fourfold.
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