Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Good riddance, New York Straub.
After three years, NYC Straub is forced out as Police Chief. He was hired by Bloomberg's Best Bitchboy Condon against the advice of actual policemen, and it appears that actual policemen finally got tired of his NYC behavior. Top-level commanders resigned or demoted themselves to get away from his presence.
I can sympathize, having spent 2014 dealing with NYC types. Always in your face, always minding your business, always pushing when pushing isn't needed, always trying to accomplish Corporate Imperatives instead of getting the goddamn JOB done.
By Parkinson standards Straub performed well. Increased the budget and workforce, brought in more Fed money because Feds understand NYC bastards. Some stats indicate that crime rates are down.
Maybe the stats make sense for downtown, which is important. Can't argue with that. Downtown is where the jobs are.
But for this quarter of town the stats don't ring true. You can see and feel gang activity spreading steadily northward and westward.
Labels: Blinded by Stats
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