Quote Originally Posted by mwilbert View Post
...As NYC policing is likely to be less proactive over the next few years, we can see what happens to the relative crime rate there. We still won't know the truth, but we will at least have some more evidence.
It will be an interesting experiment. It is difficult to know the 'truth' -- and I agree that we really don't know.

Proactive policing is on the defensive, to be sure. Every cop knows now that their actions under pressure are under scrutiny. That has to have an effect. Do the 'bad guys' know now that they can loiter with a handgun with more impunity than before? Seems intuitive to me.