let s get them focused on their mission. their day-to-day mission. to do what they did last year lower crime and build trust with the community and move forward. there was time to heal. that was unfortunate and it did take away. dan before you go other news out of boston actually. dzhokar tsarnaev the surviving brother of the pair accused in the attack of the boston marathon went on trial on monday as jury selection got under way. what s the reaction in boston the reaction is that you know, our system has moved forward. this is what we have to do we went through a terrible tragedy here and we have to go through a process to hold people accountable. and make sure that their rights are respected. that s what will play out in boston. it s an emotional time for the city and we will get through it. and, you know, boston will be strong again. all right. dan, thank you very much for joining us this morning. other news to get to. a lot of it political.
dan, i want to start with new york. i don t know. does it took like anything but a work slow down? it looks like for the past two weeks the nation s eyes have been focused on new york as they lay two of their brothers to rest and i think the men and women of nypd have been doing double duty trying to pay homage and take care of those families in a time of crisis and need and at the same time police protest and do the every day things. two of ny s finest being shot in the line of duty. nypd is out doing their job. do we think people didn t make discretionary sflaeft i m sure that happened. i think we give the officers some time to catch their breath to have the emotion of the last couple of weeks subside. the majority you know we see this in police departments around the country. officers go out every night and do the majority of their work and other officers who have put their time on and aren t as
mayor de blasio announced overall crime fell by 5% last year and that the city had its fewest murders since 1993. but more attention success paid to statistics showing a dramatic decline in the number of arrests and summons for the second straight week. the total number of criminal summons issued plunged more than 90%. the overall number of arrests declined 56%. commissioner bratton stopped short of calling it a work slow down, but promised that the nypd would look into the decline and warned officers there would be consequences if it s intentional. the police association say no slow down exists and blames it on police monitoring protests and doubling up on police cars. joining us now from boston the former chief of the boston police department dan linskey. he was the incident commander during the boston bombing.