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Community Servants (e-mail from John Chipura)
Everybody I know got this mail today. It shows
how great a job the NYPD is doing, it is just a shame that so many
Pass it along In recent weeks, New York City has been overwhelmed by anti-police bias. Please keep in mind the following facts that have been drowned out by angry rhetoric: a.. Since 1995 NYPD Officers have been fired upon more than 155 times without returning fire. During this same period, 150 officers were wounded by firearms, however the number of officers discharging their weapons decreased by 59.5%. In 1999 less than one half of 1% of the entire Police Department discharged a weapon in the line of duty. b.. Since 1990, 29 NYPD Officers have been killed in the line of duty. NYPD Officers sustained more than 125,000 injuries in the fight against crime during these years and were shot at more than 3,200 times while ensuring your safety. c.. The NYPD has prevented more than 8000 homicides since 1990. d.. The NYPD has saved more than 325,000 New Yorkers from becoming the victims of Robbery since 1990. e.. In 1999, the NYPD responded to more than SIX MILLION calls for service (an average of nearly 17,000 per day). And this is in a safer city, imagine what it was in the early 90's. f.. NYPD Officers are more restrained in their use of weapons than Officers in other major cities, including Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and Miami. NYPD firearms policy is severely more restrictive than New York State law. This means that policy prevents an officer from using his weapon even when the law says it is justified. g. In 1990 NYPD Officers shot and killed 41 perpetrators. In 1999 NYPD Officers shot and killed 11, hardly the portrait of an out of control, trigger - happy department. I, myself, have been shot at 6 times since 1991 without returning fire. Please keep in mind that this in an election year for a hotly contested Senate seat and that the media will only portray those things that sell papers, etc. Controversy sells papers. The media does not accurately portray all the facts. Many recent reports have been noticeably biased or downright inaccurate. Please forward this to all your friends and coworkers. |