At the start of this year, subway crime spiked in January, and the NYPD sent up to 1,000 officers into the subway system every day to combat the rise in
Police brass say crime continues to plummet in the New York City subway system in 2024 after the NYPD maintains uniformed and plainclothes cops at the turnstiles and on the platforms, confiscating hundreds of weapons in the process. criminal activity. Thefts, assaults and even shootings plagued the system early — and the NYPD’s job was to catch the bad guys while also reinforcing confidence in New Yorkers that they can ride underground without fear of harm.
Much of the NYPD’s focus has been to stop fare evaders — people who hop the turnstiles or illegally enter the subway system through open emergency exit gates without paying the required $2.90 fare. While the vast majority of fare evaders are ordinary New Yorkers who were let off with verbal warnings or tickets, the police crackdown led to numerous arrests of armed and/or wanted individuals.
Criminal justice advocates continue to criticize the NYPD for its fare evasion crackdown, charging that it disproportionately targets both low-income residents and people of color. Data released in the fourth quarter of last year found that 66% of individuals given a fare evasion summons were either Black or Latino — groups that make up slightly more than half of the entire city population.
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