When Police Pull Back, Violent Crime Rises, Data Show

Police take back the streets at around midnight after firing copious amounts of tear gas to disperse protesters and rioters outside the Minneapolis Police 5th Precinct during the fourth night of protests and violence following the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis on May 29, 2020. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The drastic decline in proactive policing likely contributed to the nationwide spike in violent crime over the past two years, data show.

The Epoch Times reviewed data for police stops—a classic proactive policing tactic—and violent crime for five cities, showing that, in many instances, when police stops dropped, violent crime rose and vice versa.