a former nypd commissioner who is the ceo of vri technologies. good evening to you, commissioner. >> good evening. >> for the second week in a row, i want to r5ed these numbers. nypd stats. significant decrease in the arrests and summonses. the total arrests are down 55.9% as compared to the same week last year. you're the former commissioner of new york city. are cops intentionally not doing their jobs do you believe? >> i think cops are being overly cautious. i think there is a rift between the mayor and the rank-and-file of the nypd and it really needs to be fixed. and the way that it gets fixed is the mayor has got to convince the rank-and-file that he doesn't believe that the nypd is a racist brutal police department. which it is not. it's the best police department in the world. it's the most diverse police department. and as long as police officers believe that the mayor is not behind them and not supporting them they're going to be very hesitant to go above and beyond