Officials have been touting the decrease in overall crime in the city, but the arrests and clearance rates for these crimes have not been as good.
The latest report by the NYPD, released in September of last year, shows less than 50% of all murders committed between July and September of last year were solved during that same time.
This comes as the union representing detectives in the NYPD says its losing officers at a rapid rate.
Officials say the force is down from 7,200 detectives to less than 5,000 and continues to face retirements.
There are some detectives in precincts that are carrying as many as 500 cases.
Scott Munro, president of the NYPD's Detectives’ Endowment Association, which represents 18,000 active and retired detectives, sat down with Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Thursday to talk about the impact of the retiring detectives.
“Right now, out of 5,500 detectives we have active in New York City, we have 3,000 able to retire in the next three years. We’re losing our experience,” Munro said. “These are people that are very well-trained, and you’re going to lose all that. And that’s very concerning. That should be concerning for the city.”
