Overcharging? Bragg’s policy reduces felony robbery to Petit Larceny, a misdemeanor, and will allow these thugs to walk after given a DESK APPEARANCE TICKET.
Aside from that, this kind of crap has already proven to not be in the public’s best interests.
DAT Arrests
Bail reform expanded Desk Appearance Ticket criteria where arrestees are released pre-arraignment from the station house,
Looking at those who received DAT’s in 2020:
14.2% have been re-arrests at least once since their DAT vs 9.9% in 2019. (2,314 re-arrestees vs 1,482 re-arrestees in 2019.)
27% of those re-arrests were for 7 majors vs. 11.9% in 2019. (1,339 7 majors arrests vs 296 in 2019.)
Some of the new felony Desk Appearance Categories have higher failure to appear rates for court:
From January 1-April 30, 22% of Grand Larceny Auto arrestees that received a DAT failed to appear for arraignment.
For the same time period, 19.8% of felony drug arrestees that received a DAT failed to appear for arraignment.
So far this year, the Department has issued desk appearance tickets to 130 arrestees who committed Grand Larceny Auto versus none last year.
JWK
