The latest NYPD graduates will take part in the cities new program to break in rookie cops by putting them into the toughest neighborhoods dubb’ed Operation Impact.
Rookie Cops Get Rough Bronx Neighborhoods To Patrol
With the Bronx, like the rest of the city, seeing crime declining to its lowest numbers in decades, 140 brand-spanking-new cops will hit the borough Friday, assigned to specific stubborn trouble spots.
The plan, known as Operation Impact, has been a major factor in stamping out crime hot spots around the city and helping drive crime down to levels not seen since the 1960s.
Citywide, the number of homicides is expected to dip below 500.
The murder count in the Bronx through Sunday was 126.
For the same period in 2006, police listed 146 homicides. That’s a drop of 13.7%.
Overall major crime in the borough is down 3.47% for the year, compared with a 6.33% drop citywide.








