New York Post: Arrests plummet 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage - " traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops" [Hard to see how anyone will be able "to close the widening rift between cops and the administration," since it is not a matter of a misunderstanding, but a natural outgrowth of the hard-left virulently anti-White views of people like de Blasio, Holder and Obama. Such views can have deadly consequences. --tma]

Arrests plummet 66% with NYPD in virtual work stoppage

It’s not a slowdown — it’s a virtual work stoppage.

NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.

The dramatic drop comes as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio plan to hold an emergency summit on Tuesday with the heads of the five police unions to try to close the widening rift between cops and the administration.

The unprecedented meeting is being held at the new Police Academy in Queens at 2 p.m., sources said.

Angry union leaders have ordered drastic measures for their members since the Dec. 20 assassination of two NYPD cops in a patrol car, including that two units respond to every call.

It has helped contribute to a nose dive in low-level policing, with overall arrests down 66 percent for the week starting Dec. 22 compared with the same period in 2013, stats show. ...

http://nypost.com/2014/12/29/arrests-plummet-following-execution-of-two-cops/