Murders And Shootings Are Up, Kelly Shaking Things Up

Daily News reports:

The city's top cop is shaking things up in the Police Department.

NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent out a memo Friday, announcing 40 high-level departmental transfers - shifting commanding officers in dozens of units in the five boroughs.

With the recent spike in murders and shootings in the city, sources said the shakedown is meant to try to prevent the city from a return to the bad old days of high crime....

Though overall crime is down about 1% in the city, murders have jumped more than 20% compared with the same period last year, according to NYPD stats.

There also have been 456 shooting incidents so far this year, an increase of more than 14% over the 399 reported during the same period last year, stats show.

I think the city would be much worse if there were no stop-and-frisks, gun buybacks, cops on the beat, security and police in schools, etc. Because of these policies, NYers are much safer today. But the recent spike in murders and shootings are cause for concern.

UPDATE (4/4): Just added the links above (below the quote). I haven't written anything on the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy, but I will very soon. Do I champion the policy? Yes.