While appearing on “NBC Nightly News,” a New York Police Department (NYPD) chief said that officers arrest criminals with 50 to 100 prior arrests “all the time.”
“We arrest people all the time that have 50-plus arrests, 100-plus arrests,” NYPD Transit Chief Michael Kemper said while speaking to NBC News Correspondent Stephanie Gosk on Wednesday. Kemper emphasized that one of the biggest problems facing the city’s first responders is repeat offenders who are arrested and re-released onto the streets shortly thereafter.
The interview took place in response to an announcement from New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s office revealing her “Five-Point Plan” to make subway travel safer for residents and visitors of New York City. The plan includes deploying 1,000 New York State Police, New York National Guard, and Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police (MTAPD) to monitor the subway and support NYPD bag checks.
“I’m redeploying nearly one thousand members of the New York […]
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