Posted on September 14, 2015 by Dick Brennan in CBS New York CBS New York, By Dick Brennan A report says the NYPD has ramped up its approach to dealing with the homeless and may be ready to use the same data-driven tactics it uses against crimes. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, however, said the report is way off base. The report in the New York Daily News said the NYPD has put a laser-like focus on the homeless issue and is leaning in the direction of perhaps even tracking it the way it does violent crime, using the so-called CompStat system. According to the report, some cops have taken to calling it “Bum-Stat.”
