across the country deal with a spike in violent crime. refunding police is necessary but not sufficient enough to stop the crime spiral. here we go. cops effectiveness depends on other factors. among them are the legal structures affecting police activity. how much good police can do depend on the willingness of the broader criminal justice system to do its part to incapacitate the repeat high rate offenders. police can bring them in but it doesn't do any good if they end back up oh than the street. bill bratton, former new york city police commissioner. welcome to our program today. what about the point on the back end, the courts are allowing these who have been arrested, some of them charged with murder in america, are back on the street, sir. >> that op-ed this morning in "new york post" is right on the money.