Lee and Tisch discuss new precinct criteria and crime reduction factors

I'm only asking because I know a few precincts in the Bronx.

Lots of things.

The geographical size of the precinct, response times, 911 calls, 311 calls, crime conditions.

There is a lot that goes into it.

Okay.

All right, and last but not least, you know, we've obviously made a lot of progress on the issue of safety.

As we know, crime is down for the most part, shootings, murders, and et cetera.

What would you say are the top three things that have helped us get there?

Police presence, technology, I'm sure, also.

In your opinion, what would be three things that stand out on that?

Could have listed one more, and you would have answered the question yourself.

You were doing great.

I give a lot of credit to the chief of department and the chief of crime controls precision policing strategies, not just the zones.

What happens is when we see a crime problem, we look at the data and we come up with a very specific data-driven response to it.

We have, for example, one response based on the data that we saw to retail theft.

Retail theft is down.

Another data-driven strategy to burglaries.

Burglaries we then saw come down.

Same thing for shooting incidents and shooting victims.

So I would say largely it has been precision policing, which to my mind is data-driven strategies to address specific types of crime that we see.

Second, I agree with you.

Technology has been extremely helpful in our

efforts.

And third, and I think most importantly, our cops are doing incredible work.

They are out there every day.

They are engaged.

They are carrying out the strategies that we have given them with a lot of nobility and a lot of professionalism.

And without their work, we would not see any of the reductions that we are enjoying today.

Thank you.

Thank you.