New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature “neighborhood policing” program appears to have helped reduce the number of low-level arrests in most precincts — but has done little to slow crime or eliminate racial bias in who gets charged, a new study asserts. Assistant Professor of Sociology Brenden Beck and his co-researchers found, “As precincts adopted neighborhood policing, neighborhood policing did not influence either property or violent crime at a statistically significant level at any time point.”

De Blasio’s Neighborhood Policing Effort ‘More Symbolism than Reform,’ Study Suggests
The City, Oct 15