The execution-style murders of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu have left a strong impact on the way that the rest of the police force carried out its duties in the time that followed.
According to statistics gathered by the New York Post, overall arrests made by the NYPD within a week's span following the deaths of the two officers dropped by 66%. Data was recorded from the first Monday, December 22nd, following the December 20th shooting, until December 29th of 2014, and that week's data was compared to the same numbers recorded in 2013. The findings were startling, as the amount of citations and arrests made by police are almost non-existent compared to the previous year.
The advisement of the Police Benevolent Association not to arrest people "unless absolutely necessary," has drastically lowered the number of police-to-civilian encounters since late December. Among the statistics provided by The Post, traffic violations dropped from 10,069 to 587, low-level offense summonses such as urinating in public dropped from 4,831 to 300, and parking violations fell from 14,699 to 1,241.
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