>>>Well, it had to happen sooner or later. I am no longer a technical consultant with the Memphis Police Department. As of Monday, I'll be the System Manager for the MPD's Real Time Crime Center! Yep, benefits and all that other good stuff! And the good thing is, police work is all but recession proof - er I hope!
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>>Anything but recession proof, isn't it? I just read something the other day about NYC expecting a big surge in crime, as has been the case in all recessions.
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>>IAC, congrats on the new post.
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>Did NYC have any surge in crime during 2001 recession? Surges in crime are caused by different reasons; specifically, they are greatly influenced by people in charge, i.e. when local government is lax on crime (you know these bleeding heart types) then surge in crime is warranted. This easily explains why NYC had surge in crime during 1991 recession and did not have any (actually, crime declined) during 2001 recession.

Here is the article I meant.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/nyregion/10crime.html?scp=1&sq=crime%20new%20york%20city%20recession&st=cse