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And maryland and happened in a couple of other large municipalities. this is bad. because proactive policing is essential for large urban areas. who it effects more than anyone else is the poor. steve: joe, there are a lot of young people out there thinking what am i getting out of high school, getting out of college, thinking getting out of the military, what am i going to do next with my life? i would like to be in law enforcement. is it worth it? >> absolutely worth it. no matter what, it's the greatest job on earth. do you know what frustrates me in new york you constantly hear our voting ...

This type of backing off is going to cause people to die. is that headline one that you envisioned? is this all related? >> yes, to a certain extent. it's probably too soon to get the whole impact of the ferguson effect or whatever, it will go, it will last for a while, but, yeah, i think that's the natural consequence of some of the things that happened in new york. >> i watched thursday morning right here on cnn's new day your successor bill bratton, he was talking about the reduction of crime in new york city. >> last year was the lowest number of murders in the history. crime is not up ove...

Times had a story on page one, i'll put it up on the screen so everybody can see it. talking about the spike in murder rates, murder rates rising sharply in many u.s. cities, it talks about more than 30 big cities across the country. people talking about a ferguson effect that law enforcement now feels restrained. do you buy into a ferguson effect? >> i do. the police have done a terrific job in this country in the last two decades, reducing crime by proactive policing. i think the videos we've seen, what happened in ferguson, even though the police officer was ultimately exonerated. brought a...

Effect? >> i do. i think the police have done a terrific job in this country in the last two decades reducing crime by proactive policing. i think that the videos we have seen, what happened in ferguson, even though the police officer was ultimately exonerated, brought about a reluctance on part of some of the police to engage in a way they have been engaging in the past. >> in the book on page 294, you finish a particular chapter by saying people will lose lives as a result. and you're talking in that discussion about mayor de blasio reigning in. i know you don't like these words, stop and fr...

Obviously involves other high-profile cases, disastrous events in north charleston, south carolina, but obviously it means that police officers are thinking twice before they engage. and with the advent of cameras, which i ultimately support, but cameras are going to make police officers hesitate somewhat. in some people's minds, that's good. in some people's minds, that's bad. but i think you're experiencing now a reluctance somewhat for police to do what has been done in the last 20 years. crime is down dramatically throughout the country. in the last 20 years. i attribute it to smarter poli...