braten, ray kelly, involved in policing in the 1990s led a historic decrease in crime. 1993 and 1998 in new york city, overall crime went down 49.3%. murders went down 69.3%. shootings were down, 66.3%. robberies down 54.9%. auto theft down, 59.3%. you have proven, commissioner safer, that it s possible to lower crime in a crime-ridden city. how do we now get back to where we were in 1998? we have to give the mandate back to the people who know how to reduce crime. and that s police. when i was police commissioner, reduced homicides by 38%, reduced overall crime by over 40% and did it by using stop question and frisk, by putting plain clothes units on the