But still, the scale here is massive - they fired 30,000 people overall, and half of them on a single day. And, just as in US today, the opposition claimed that such a disruptive measure would unleash a wave of criminal or reckless behavior (on the roads), and a lot of people would die as a result. That didn't happen.
New York City’s homicide rate has hit a five-year high as the amount of people shot has jumped 42 percent compared to last year.
Shooting incidents have gone up 86% since last year, and the murder Rate has gone up 47%.
It's obviously a result of many different factors, but I'm not so sure the same thing that worked there would work here.
Nyc has had several months without a single murder.
When quoting percentages, it is helpful to establish what the baseline is and how it compares historically.
Previous “slowdowns” by the NYPD have resulted in a drastic reduction in reported crime in NYC. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-nypd-slowdowns-dirty-littl...
Some historical data -- 2019 average just under one murder per day, 2020 is over one murder per day and up significantly from 2019 so far:
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statist...
I couldn't find where that was mentioned in your linked article, but the Occam's razor takeaway is that the crime is still happening and not being reported because people know nothing will be done.
1. The NYPD isn't trying to replace their police workforce. They've simply stopped policing.
2. The current social ajd political environment would cause a hike in crime-rate regardless of police action, and it's not easy to disentangle the effects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militsiya_(Ukraine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_of_Ukraine