NATION : $1.8 Billion for N.Y. Crime Fight
Besieged by demands for action after a long, violent summer, Mayor David N. Dinkins today unveiled a $1.8-billion “battle plan against fear” to take back New York City’s crime-ridden streets with a massive army of new police.
The mayor’s program calls for hiring nearly 8,000 more police, bringing the nation’s largest force to almost 32,000 officers--the highest in its history--by October, 1991.
Called “Safe Streets, Safe City,” the plan follows a summer of violence that saw the homicide rate soar to a record height. Eight children were slain and at least 15 more were wounded.
Police officials said that once fully implemented, the program will mean there will be one officer on foot patrol on every block in the 319-square mile city and an officer on every subway after school and at night.
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