As Mayor-elect Eric Adams prepares to dictate policy for the nation’s largest police department, he has kept a romantic vision at the heart of his plans for the polarizing 35,000-officer-strong force. Mayor de Blasio promised to tilt the balance back in the direction of community policing, presenting the change as a key plank in his reform efforts. But critics have said the shift was more symbolic than substantive, and the rollout was opaque.
De Blasio’s program reduced the tally of low-level arrests. Still, it did not leave a mark on racial disparities or crime rates, said Brenden Beck, a University of Colorado, Denver, professor who has studied the NYPD.
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