Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg took office in January 2022 and immediately began to implement an assortment of soft-on-crime progressive policies that have had a deleterious effect on life for the average New York City resident.

One particularly negative impact of the policies promoted by Bragg and others like him is an egregious surge of physically violent assaults against NYPD officers over the past several years, Breitbart reported.

The dramatic increase in assaults against NYPD members has been directly linked by some to the perceived lack of consequences for the assailants, who more often than not seemingly dodge any real accountability for their criminally violent behavior.

Surge in assaults against NYPD officers

The New York Post reported exclusively on Saturday that, over the past six years, there has been a disconcerting 63% surge in assaults by criminals targeting NYPD officers.

As of the end of May in 2019, there had been 595 reported assault incidents involving NYPD officers, but that number has skyrocketed to 970 such assaults by the same point this year.

Per the NYPD's statistics, according to the Post, there had been 617 assaults on uniformed police officers in New York by Memorial Day weekend in 2022, DA Bragg's first year in office, but those incidents have climbed by more than half, around 57%, over the past three years.

That increase came at a fairly steady pace, too, as the statistics showed 845 assaults on the NYPD by May 25 in 2023, 929 at the same point in 2024, and now 970 over the same span in 2025.

"DAs like Alvin Bragg" are to blame

The Post reported that one retired NYPD sergeant, Joseph Giacalone, who is now an adjunct professor at Penn State University-Lehigh Valley, pointed to the "revolving-door" criminal justice system in New York City, as implemented by the city's progressive prosecutors, as arguably the biggest reason for the drastic increase in violent assaults against police officers.

"You have DAs like Alvin Bragg who don’t even want to prosecute felony assaults against cops," Giacalone said. "So where’s the deterrence? You have a criminal justice system that’s a revolving door, and people are getting arrested 40, 50, 60 times. The cops are dealing with people out on the streets who are really bad."

"I think it actually just gets worse," he added. "I think people have just lost respect for the NYPD."

Trump backs the blue

One person who most certainly hasn't "lost respect for the NYPD" and law enforcement more generally is President Donald Trump, who just a couple of weeks ago marked Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week with an appreciative celebration at the White House.

In a formal proclamation for the occasion, Trump said, "We honor our brave officers who serve on the front lines to protect our families, safeguard our communities, and shoulder a burden of responsibility that most Americans cannot fathom. This week and always, we honor the courageous men and women serving in law enforcement and memorialize those who sacrificed their lives defending the thin blue line."

"A nation in chaos ceases to be a citadel of liberty. Tragically, the previous administration allowed lawlessness to permeate our country, making it harder for our law enforcement officers to do their jobs," he continued. "Their reckless, soft-on-crime policies emboldened criminals and thugs; wreaked havoc on the sanctity of our homes, businesses, and public spaces; instilled fear; and jeopardized public trust."

"The oath to serve and protect comes with extraordinary risk and sacrifice, and we are indebted to those who choose this righteous profession," Trump added. "That is why I have asked the Congress to codify my Executive Order mandating the death penalty for the murder of a police officer -- sending an unequivocal message that barbaric acts of violence and blatant disregard for the lives of our Nation’s heroes will not be tolerated -- and to pass a crime bill with enhanced protections for police officers."