Mayor Eric Adams is finally doing something about NYC’s subway crime…
According to a CBS News report, New York City is reinstating several safety protocols to combat the spike in violent crime in the Big Apple’s subway system.
Mayor Adams will make a push to keep knives, box cutters, clubs, and guns off of trains and platforms.
“We know people feel unsafe,” Adams said during the announcement at City Hall on Tuesday.
“We are reinstituting bag checks. There are several things we are reinstituting in the system,” Adams said.
“We have crisis in our subway system right now. So far this year, three people have been killed in the subway. Three people have been killed. So our subway system right now is in a state of emergency,” said Charlton D’Souza of Passengers United.
From CBS News:
Bag checks, checking backpacks and other carry-ons, were first instituted in the subways almost 20 years ago after a series of coordinated bomb attacks on the London subways in 2005. This time, cops are reportedly going to be looking for weapons.
But that’s not all the mayor is doing. He’s also still on the hunt for a weapons-detection system, like what is used at airports, to install in the transit system.
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The city is also surging 1,000 more cops into the subways on 12-hour shifts in response to crime on the transit system going up 13% since last year.
“We’re definitely on the pathway of coming up with some new technology that’s going to help us identify weapons, as well as guns. My big thing is guns,” Adams said.
More over at CBS News:
Mayor Eric Adams says he's going to bring back random bag checks for subway riders starting next week. It's the latest plan to stop violence and help straphangers feel safe riding the rails. @MKramerTV reports. https://t.co/ZDXFifWYn8
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) March 6, 2024
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