Chief Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri said the same criminals  
 are committing more crimes after being released on a DAT.  
 Photo by Todd Maisel 
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 TIMESLEDGER   |   QNS.COM   |   MARCH 13-MARCH 19, 2020 13  
 BY TODD MAISEL 
 For the month of February  
 2020, major crimes in New  
 York City rose a whopping 22.5  
 percent when compared to the  
 same period in 2019 – with much  
 of the blame going to repeat offenders  
 who have been released  
 under the criminal justice reforms  
 that release many felons  
 without bail. 
 There was some good news  
 as  the  murder  rate  dropped  
 20.0  percent  from  25  in  2019  to  
 20. Rape reports also dropped 6  
 percent from 133 last year to 125  
 this year, officials said. 
 The city however saw a 7.1  
 percent increase in shooting  
 incidents, from 42 from last  
 year’s 45; Robberies increased  
 32.7 percent from 891 last year to  
 1,182 this year; assaults rose 9.2  
 percent as did burglaries rose  
 19.1 percent; grand larceny increased  
 23.9 percent and grand  
 larceny auto jumped a whopping  
 61.6 percent. 
 In all there were a total of  
 7,632 major crimes for February  
 versus 6,228 major crimes for  
 the same period last year. 
 Mayor  Bill  de  Blasio  joined  
 Commissioner Dermot Shea  in  
 calling on legislative action to  
 correct some of the deficiencies  
 in the criminal justice reforms,  
 including giving judges discretion  
 in setting bail or even holding  
 people who a judge deems as  
 likely to commit another crime  
 or has committed other major  
 crimes while awaiting the determination  
 of a desk appearance  
 ticket. 
 Some major crimes, including  
 robbery in the third degree  
 and most burglaries, grand  
 larcenies and car thefts, are released  
 from custody with a desk  
 appearance ticket and are free  
 to  commit  more  crimes  while  
 awaiting their day in court. 
 Of those who were re-arrested, 
  99 were re-arrested for  
 robbery, 65 for grand larceny,  
 65 for felonious assault and one  
 for murder. These don’t include  
 hundreds of misdemeanor  
 crimes. 
 Chief Crime Control Strategies  
 Michael LiPetri took center  
 stage to provide data to prove  
 that bail reform had gone awry.  
 He said 482 people who been arrested  
 for  felonies  such  as  robbery  
 or burglary, accounted for  
 846 crimes.  He said 35 percent,  
 or 299 people were arrested  
 in the seven major categories  
 –  “the  same  people  were  committing  
 additional crimes after  
 being released from custody on  
 a DAT.” 
 Some of those same people  
 released  with  a  desk  appearance  
 ticket for a felony committed  
 murder, rape, robbery, assault, 
  burglaries and a variety  
 of grand larceny including car  
 theft.  That  is  nearly  triple  the  
 amount of those crimes committed  
 in the same 58 days in 2019.  
 All of the people were arrested  
 for offenses that prior to Jan  
 1 and bail reform, could have  
 landed them in jail. 
 “Last night we arrested an  
 individual, charged with 25  
 burglaries, but because there  
 was no evidence of a firearm,  
 you can’t give him bail,” LiPetri  
 said. “If you are charged with  
 one burglary or 25, the subject  
 matter remains the same and its  
 the same as being charged with  
 one. Part of the problem is with  
 discovery and we are working  
 with DA’s office to make cases.” 
 Lipetri said he was confident  
 in his data and was incredulous  
 that the NYPD had to keep arresting  
 the same people for the  
 same and sometimes more serious  
 crimes. 
 Commissioner Dermot Shea,  
 who was a proponent of criminal  
 justice reform, says the  
 laws have gone too far. He said  
 some victims are being “re-victimized” 
  as people are released  
 with  only  a  desk  appearance  
 ticket, or in some instances,  
 cases are being deferred or even  
 dismissed. 
 “There are victims every  
 day that we are seeing and to  
 them, it makes no sense and  
 we have to explain to these victims,” 
  Shea said. “What they  
 (the victims) say is that it makes  
 no sense.There is a whole series  
 of serious arrests but they are  
 mandated  to  be  DAT’s.  It  has  
 grown from 60 to 800 with deferrals  
 at a very high rate. These  
 same  people  committing  the  
 same  crimes  must  be  released  
 without bail.” 
 As felonies rise, NYPD blames repeat  
 offenders released with no bail 
  
  
 
				
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