The article highlights a recent NYPD initiative aimed at combating repeat offenders in New York City's subway system. With 590 arrests among five notorious criminals, the pilot program focuses on quality-of-life offenses to arrest suspects wanted for more serious crimes. Launched in Brooklyn and Queens, this approach has led to significant success, with hundreds of summonses issued and serious criminal arrests made. This revival of traditional policing methods has resulted in more effective enforcement while avoiding excessive round-ups, showing the potential for improved safety in public transportation areas.
Since the initiative was launched in district 20 on Jan. 18 and district 34 on Feb. 17, police have issued summonses to 671 offenders and arrested 313 on more serious criminal charges - including 180 who were sought on active warrants, the stats show.
The five repeat offenders were among hundreds of transit terrors rounded up under a 'quality of life' pilot program at NYPD transit districts in Brooklyn and Queens - and three of the alleged criminals are now behind bars.
It's encouraging that we can prove that with proper enforcement of the laws, shockingly, we can get actual known, wanted, dangerous people off the streets and out of the subway system without doing indiscriminate 'round ups.'
The pilot program has New York's Finest reviving old-school policing by questioning straphangers caught committing quality-of-life crimes like smoking in the subways or carrying weapons.
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