What's Kelly done with that leverage? He's bolstered NYPD's counter-terrorism activities by creating an overseas intelligence unit (according to the New Yorker , four NYPD detectives were on a 9 a.m. flight to London after the subway bombings there this summer). He has invested heavily in new technology, including a data center that pushes investigative information out to detectives on the street in real time. Remarkably, crime rates have continued to decline, even as Kelly has fewer officers deployed on the street.
It is telling that the Times, searching for the "other" side of the Ray Kelly story, could only come up with speculation that anyone riding so high is bound to fall off his horse eventually. "Mr. Kelly's legacy, if not his accomplishments, [may be] at risk in a world where a terrorist attack may be inevitable, and an economic downturn could stall or reverse crime's decline."
