New York has seen a huge drop in crime over the last decade, more than even other cities, and part of it is they've got more cops than anybody else per capita.
In actuality:
NYC has a population of 8,165,001 and a police force of 37,838 giving it a ratio of 1 officer/216 people.
Chicago has a population of 2,873,790 and a police force of 13,700 for a ratio of 1:210
Chicago has a murder rate 2.5x that of NYC and climbing.
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Los Angeles has a population of 3.8 million and a police force of 9,600 sworn officers. That's a ratio of one officer for 395 people. (source: Wikipedia)
Just for comparison.
Obama opens his mouth and the Dems lose points..
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Chicago doesn't have 13,700 patrol officers. I think the actual estimate is around 8,500.
There is a shortage of working cars as well.
Exactly. The number doesn't mean anything. It's what they do.
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