Zero tolerance policy

One is to formulate a clear crime control strategy, and the other is to remove street guns. Integrate patrol resources to identify and track criminals who sell guns, and revise the training plan for investigating and arresting police officers involved in gun crimes.

The second is to curb youth violence on campus and on the streets. Make a safety plan for the school. Increase the police force and strengthen the detection of violent cases.

The third is to drive away the drug dealers in new york. A special drug investigation team is responsible for driving outdoor drug trading activities out of the street and tracking down the dealers' guns, cash, drugs and vehicles.

The fourth is to eliminate domestic violence. Every sub-bureau has police officers who specialize in dealing with domestic violence and arrest abusers when necessary. The Office for Combating Domestic Violence provides shelter and support services for victims and their children.

Fifth, transform public places in new york. Through the implementation of the law on public order to control social order, improve public confidence and make them feel that the streets are safe.

Sixth, reduce car-related crimes in new york. The director of the sub-bureau has the right to take "acupuncture action" against "car dismantling shops", that is, enterprises suspected of dismantling or buying and selling stolen auto parts. This action refers to the police's practice of opening shops and pretending to be engaged in the business of buying stolen goods, thus arresting criminals who sell stolen goods. At the same time, the number of police officers in anti-car theft teams in patrol areas will be increased, and police cars equipped with mobile digital terminal computer systems will be provided, which will store information such as stolen vehicles, drivers' driving licenses and registration data.

The seventh is to eradicate corruption. It advocates the establishment of an unprecedented incorruptible police organization and the introduction of corruption complaints, case analysis and integrity testing systems.

Eighth, improve the road conditions in new york. Set up a traffic control detachment to divert traffic flow and reduce traffic accidents.

Nine is to catch fugitives. Formulate a set of sophisticated methods to pursue and detain fugitives in an offensive way, including strengthening the arrest measures with certificates in patrol, introducing new investigation techniques, and using the resources of other local law enforcement agencies to identify and detain fugitives.

Crack down on minor crimes that affect the quality of life.

Bratton has repeatedly stressed that the main reason for the decline of serious crimes in new york lies in the offensive strategy adopted for minor crimes. During his tenure, he explicitly asked the police to make more arrests and minimize the "Taiwan ticket", which is a kind of on-site ticket instead of arrest. Bratton claimed: "If you urinate in the street, don't expect a ticket, you must go to prison." The measures taken by the new york Police Department to combat crimes affecting the quality of life are as follows:

1. Fight graffiti. A new professional group has been set up to combat graffiti and damage to public and private property, reporting directly to the police chief. The professional team established a graffiti marking database to analyze and compare various graffiti behaviors.

2. Severely crack down on vagrancy and begging and illegal hawking. In the process of "mopping up" these people, the police also took "fence action", that is, blocking parks, squares and so on. Arrested them all. Some people criticize that these measures against vagrants violate the constitutional rights of the public. At that time, Mayor Giuliani said: "The right to sleep on the street is not everywhere. The founders of the United States never wrote this right into the Constitution. "

3. Severely crack down on compulsory car washing. At one time, a "car washer" in new york took a dirty rag and pulled it on the windshield several times before asking the driver for a service fee. From 65438 to 0993, the new york Police Department began to arrest these people. About half of the arrested people have serious criminal records and half have drug crimes.

4. Severely crack down on subway fare evasion. This move not only increased the income of subway operation, but also led to a sharp drop in crime rate.

5. crack down on making noise. The police are equipped with noise meters, and use audio traps to find cars with loud music, and use motorcycle detectors to detect the noise of motorcycles. The police can punish the owner of the accident.

6. Severely crack down on underage drinking. The police will issue a summons to minors who openly hold alcoholic beverages in public places; The police recruited underage citizens as volunteers to explore, and arrested or issued subpoenas to shopkeepers who sold alcohol to minors. If the shopkeeper sells alcohol to minors many times, the store will be closed.

7. Severely crack down on street prostitution. Since 1997, the new york Police Department has stipulated that it is the responsibility of every policeman to eradicate prostitution, and various measures should be taken to deal with prostitution, including arranging plainclothes policemen to identify potential prostitutes and clients with binoculars, and taking "lost contact action" to let policewomen pretend to be prostitutes to search for prostitutes. Once an agreement is reached, the backup police will come to arrest the prostitute.

8. Combat drunk driving. 1999, new york police department began to take "zero tolerance" measures for drunk driving. If the alcohol content in the suspect's body reaches the legal standard, the police will confiscate his car. For this reason, the American Civil Liberties Union called the new york City Police Department "Nazi", while Schaffer, a former new york City Police Department, thought that confiscating a drunk driver's car was like taking a weapon weighing 3,000 pounds from the street.

9. Focus on solving the "hot spot" problem of disturbing the people in the community. The new york Police Department has formulated the Inter-departmental Response Plan for Coping with Community Hot Spots, and contacted the departments of taxation, fire protection, health and license management to carry out law enforcement inspection, so as to eliminate the problems existing in "hot spots" such as bars, clubs, grocery stores and abandoned car yards in time.

(c) Intelligence-led policing

In order to improve the pertinence of cracking down on crimes, new york Police Department initiated a computerized statistical model that was popular in the United States and even the whole world during bratton's term, and comprehensively implemented an intelligence-led action system consisting of computer statistical reports, briefings by branch commanders and crime countermeasures meetings, that is, using computers to analyze and count crime data, and closely combining it with police duties, which greatly enhanced the police's sense of responsibility and promoted the improvement of police efficiency.

New york Police Department uses computer system to monitor high-risk places and people, collect relevant information in time, provide information on "hot spots" and crime trends for police managers, provide information system link service for criminal investigators, and guide police officers at all levels to adjust their work priorities in time through continuous intelligence information. Regularly hold monthly analysis meetings of computer comprehensive statistical data attended by police chiefs in various police districts. According to the criminal intelligence information, especially the crime situation map, the heads of various police types determine the types and locations of high-risk crimes in their respective jurisdictions, review and summarize the work measures of last month, and briefly report the work plan for next month. Many scholars and practitioners believe that the implementation of this model is the key reason for the sharp decline of crime rate in new york since 1990s.

(d) The "zero tolerance" principle of the management team.

New york Police Department introduced the principle of "zero tolerance" into team management, strictly enforced internal management discipline, and vigorously promoted the atmosphere of rectifying the police force. The main means are as follows: first, the organization should be reshaped, which requires defining clear goals, adjusting the organizational structure, and maximizing the participation of experts inside and outside the police station. Second, decentralized management, giving branch commanders more decision-making power, so that the new york Police Department "really has 76 small police stations", so that branch commanders can make their own decisions on appropriate police measures according to the overall goals set by the Municipal Bureau and the actual situation in their respective jurisdictions. The third is to know people and be good at their duties, and regard performance and commitment as the most important candidates, not the length of service. Shafer believes that as a police chief, he must not hesitate to "pull the trigger" and boldly communicate, deal with or adjust those who are inefficient. During Shafer's tenure, 54 of the 76 branch commanders were replaced. Fourth, intensive training, as an important means to enhance cohesion and combat effectiveness, is divided into new police training, promotion training and on-the-job training. Fifthly, the whole police force should be divided into three grades (best, possible and in need of improvement) through strict assessment, and police officers who fail to maintain professional standards after training and persuasion will be demoted or dismissed.

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First, fasten your seat belt "zero tolerance" action

Since 1999, the new york police have cooperated with other departments to carry out the "zero tolerance" campaign of wearing seat belts three times a year, each lasting about 10 day, aiming at improving the utilization rate of seat belts and saving lives. This "zero tolerance" action will save at least 148 lives and recover more than $ b in economic losses every year.

Experts believe that the death rate caused by not wearing a seat belt on the expressway is higher than that caused by alcoholism. In 2003, more than14 drivers and passengers who died in traffic accidents in New York did not wear seat belts. These serious casualties can be completely avoided. Therefore, the police's safety warning is "fasten your seat belt, or you will be fined". By 2005, new york's law stipulated that the users of seat belts should be: all front seat passengers (regardless of age); All passengers in the back seat are younger than 16 years old; Children under 4 years old must be placed in child safety seats approved by the state government; Children under 4 years old but weighing more than 40 kg must be placed in auxiliary seats with waist protection and shoulder safety belts; 4 6-year-old children must be fixed in suitable child safety seats or auxiliary seats. Although new york promulgated the law of compulsory use of seat belts as early as 1984, before 1999, the use rate of seat belts was less than 75%, and by 2003, the proportion of new york citizens wearing seat belts had reached 9 1.4%. In 2003, new york police set up 763 seat belt checkpoints and issued 56,474 tickets, of which 1877 was a violation of children's seat belts. In 2004, more than 840 checkpoints were set up, and 54,000 seat belt tickets were issued, of which nearly 1458 was a violation of children's seat belts.

Two, the "zero tolerance" warning of illegal fireworks.

On May 8, 2006, new york Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Carey and Director of Fireworks and Firearms Administration Scott issued a warning order to the citizens of new york to transport, trade or illegally use fireworks and firecrackers. In new york, all consumers of fireworks and firecrackers are illegal, and buyers, sellers and users will be arrested once they are found. Those who deliver fireworks to new york will be confiscated by the new york Police Department.

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"Zero tolerance" in other countries and regions

Britain once put forward the slogan of "zero tolerance" in the early 1990s, but the sharp drop in the crime rate in new york really made the British look at "zero tolerance" with new eyes. Some police stations in Britain have also put this policy into practice. Cleveland County implements a "zero tolerance" policy for littering, doodling, destroying public and private property, begging and other acts in public places. As a result, the crime rate dropped significantly, and the crime rate in the capital dropped by 25% within one year. King's Cross Station in London also took a "zero tolerance" action in 1996 12, and sent 25 additional policemen to "clean up" beggars, drunkards and homeless tramps in public places. This policy has been praised by politicians such as Prime Minister Blair and Home Secretary Jack Stowe. In order to combat the increasingly rampant prostitution, the British government launched a "zero tolerance" campaign to combat prostitution in 2006.

At the same time, French, German, Spanish and other Western European countries went to new york to learn from their experience. Mexico City was once listed as "one of the most populous cities in the world" by the United Nations, and its crime rate was also notorious. In June 2002, lopez Obrador, the chief executive of Mexico City, hired Giuliani, a former mayor of new york City, a former police chief and legal adviser, to help solve the security problem in Mexico City. It is estimated that Giuliani's annual salary is $4 million, and his salary is far behind that of the Mexican president. The anti-corruption mode of the China-Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption is "zero tolerance, even if you are greedy for a dollar", which has become a famous judicial concept. Canada launched a "zero tolerance" policy in 1993, stipulating that once domestic violence is discovered, it must be filed; The police have the right to enter the house to stop it; Once the husband is found to have a criminal record of violence against his wife, the house will be owned by his wife at the time of divorce. Like other countries, "Zero Tolerance" has come to China. Many departments in China are calling for the slogan of "zero tolerance" and launching various "zero tolerance" campaigns, which involve all aspects of social life, such as anti-corruption, academic fraud, educational failure, counterfeiting, false advertising, social order, public safety and so on.

"Zero tolerance" was originally put forward as a strategy to combat crime, which naturally attracted the attention of China police. "Zero tolerance" has been practiced to a certain extent in some local public security organs in China. Hangzhou and Guangzhou are in the forefront and are the pioneers and leading geese of "zero tolerance" policing in China.

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