The Impact of Crime on New York Businesses

 


Jim VanBrederode, a former Gates Police Chief, pointed to the current state of security measures in stores as an example that things have gone too far.  “We now have concrete barriers in front of all of our stores, we have blue light cameras in the parking lots, we have security guards at the front door. You go to get toothpaste and you’ve got to get the associate to unlock the toothpaste.  This is what we face every day now because we’ve gone way too far on not being able to take off the streets those that are not going to stop re-offending, ”  VanBrederode says.

VanBrederode believes many of the criminal justice reforms that went into place in 2021 have had a negative impact on the community.  “They (democratic majority) literally went through the whole criminal justice system and made massive radical changes to create a restorative justice model, they literally touched everything from the juvenile justice system, the adult system, the parole system, the prisons, rules within the prison, to our district attorneys’ offices and it really has sent the criminal justice system into a complete tailspin, ” he says.

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