Beating crime w/o SACRIFICING civil liberties: Live with ex-NYC police commissioner Bill Bratton.

How did New York City shed its crime-ridden reputation, going from a place with more than 2,200 murders a year, 93,000 violent robberies, and 500,000 annual felonies, to one of America's safest big cities? That's the question tackled in Gotham: The Fall and Rise of New York, a new documentary available for pre-order that will be released on-demand March 21.

Join former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton, a subject of the documentary, and Reason's Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller for a live discussion of his approach to policing and how to replicate the successes of New York City without inviting new civil liberties violations, this Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern. Watch and leave questions and comments on the YouTube video above or on Reason's Facebook page.

Show Notes:

The City that Became Safe by Franklin E. Zimring - https://www.amazon.com/City-That-Became-Safe-Lessons-ebook/dp/B005PUWUKS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678108369&sr=8-1

NYC historic crime stats - https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/historical.page

Vital City: Murders, shootings, jailings NYC - https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/vital-signs-crime-and-justice-in-new-york-city

Vital City: Murder rates in U.S. cities 2019-2021 - https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/vital-signs-crime-and-justice-in-new-york-city

NYT: Retired Officers Raise Questions on Crime Data https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/nyregion/07crime.html?ref=nyregion

The Nation: Dismantling the Myth of Bill Bradley’s LAPD - https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/dismantling-myth-bill-brattons-lapd/

C.J. Ciaramella: George Kelling, Father of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing, Dies
https://reason.com/2019/05/17/george-kelling-father-of-broken-windows-policing-dies/

NYT: Retired Officers Raise Questions on Crime Data - https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/nyregion/07crime.html

Radley Balko: Tyre Nichols’ Death Again Proves that ‘Elite’ Police Units are a Disaster - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/opinion/tyre-nichols-police-scorpion.html

Durham, N.C. HEART Program - https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiMWQ1YzViMGYtYmI1MC00NWM3LTg1NWUtMjdjNzk3NWNlYzU0IiwidCI6IjI5N2RlZjgyLTk0MzktNDM4OC1hODA4LTM1NDhhNGVjZjQ3ZCJ9&pageName=ReportSection7606ef27f6ee056e6f9f