LittleWind_ OP t1_itmn799 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:35 PM

Reply to comment by NetQuarterLatte in The NYPD’s Most-Complained-About Cop Speaks Out in Defense of Aggressive Arrests by LittleWind_

Can you provide support for your assertion that the US (and, in particular, NYC) is under policed?

I see that you've somewhat narrowed the assertion by discussing in relation to crime, and I'll accept evidence of that. However, that is a flawed metric for a variety of reasons (including that reported crimes are often under or over reported to support a political outcome). I think a much better metric is number of officers per capita, and would welcome comparative data demonstrating under policing by that metric.

EDIT: My own quick search shows that NYC isn't under policed by a per capita metric, and actually outstrips every US city except D.C.

https://www.governing.com/archive/police-officers-per-capita-rates-employment-for-city-departments.html

NetQuarterLatte t1_itmprio wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:52 PM

Thank you for that source.

I've edited my comment to include a source comparing the US with other developed nations. I've updated the comment to remove the section were I wrote NYC is under policed compared to other cities in the US.

We have a much much milder mass incarceration problem in NYC compared to the country as a whole (the incarceration rate in NYC is lower than Canada and Luxembourg, for example), but we also better policing than other cities in the US.

But we are still severely under-policed compared to other developed nations.