The New York Police Department is preparing for a jump in crime when New York City reopens businesses and eases restrictions on social gatherings after earlier measures led to a steep drop in arrests. The department’s commissioner, Dermot Shea, said in an interview that crime could rise in part because of the mass release of inmates from city jails to stem the spread of the disease among incarcerated populations and jail staffers. More than 1,600 people were released from city jails during the coronavirus pandemic, according...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 09, 2020 13:52 UTC