The sweeping plan to “deepen trust” between the NYPD and the community launched by Mayor de Blasio and top cop Bill Bratton last year has led to a slight uptick in overall crime where it has been rolled out, department brass revealed Monday.
Chief of Department James O’Neill acknowledged the increase during an update on the initiative, dubbed “One City: Safe and Fair — Everywhere,” to the City Council’s Public Safety and Finance committees as part of the budget process.
“Overall crime in neighborhood policing commands is up 1.2 percent, but a vast majority of that is probably five precincts, the 4-0, the 4-7, a couple of [other] precincts in The Bronx,” O’Neill said.
The numbers reflect crimes committed since the program began in each precinct.
Shootings in the roughly 20 precincts where the program is up and running are down by 18.7 percent, “so the violence is down,” O’Neill added.
Under the plan, specially trained patrol cops spend about one-third of each shift interacting with community members .