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Study: Police Are Less Active on Misdemeanors

By MARK TOOR
Posted 2/12/18

Researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice have noticed a significant shift in misdemeanor arrests between 1993 and 2016, according to a study released Feb. 1.

For the first time, in 2015 and 2016, the number of arrests based on citizen complaints, as for crimes against persons or property, exceeded those based on police officers’ observations, which covered most arrests for marijuana and other drug offenses and for turnstile-jumping and other theft-of-services violations.

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