{"id":103602,"date":"2026-01-17T22:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103602\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:51:11","slug":"exclusive-number-of-guns-seized-in-subways-jumps-as-cops-flood-underground-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103602\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Number of guns seized in subways jumps as cops flood underground: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More people are packing heat in the city\u2019s subways.<\/p>\n<p>Cops confiscated a whopping 148% more guns underground last year than in 2021, as officers have flooded the transit system to drive down crime, according to NYPD data.<\/p>\n<p>Police took 77 guns away from criminals in 2025, compared to just 31 in 2021, according to the data provided to The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD confiscated nearly 150% more guns in the subway in 2025 than they did in 2021. William C Lopez\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD took 77 guns away from criminals in 2025. Jack Forbes \/ NY Post Design<\/p>\n<p>Along with more gun hauls, the NYPD said gun violence citywide fell to historic lows last year \u2014 including drops in weapons-related crimes in the transit system.<\/p>\n<p>Police have been <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/23\/us-news\/weekend-violence-including-a-sleeping-woman-burned-to-death-on-brooklyn-train-propels-nyc-subway-murder-tally-to-25-year-high-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">omnipresent in stations and on subway platforms<\/a>, helping to facilitate the jump in weapons seizures, experts said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you can attribute the collars to subway riders reporting suspicious activity to police officers who have been visibly present,\u201d said Michael Alcazar, a former NYPD officer and a adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the only likely reason, he mused.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, bad guys are stupid, police count on that,\u201d the former sleuth said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been emboldened by the revolving criminal justice system and perhaps feel comfortable carrying weapons with no fear of punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perps with guns also attract attention to themselves by turnstile jumping and being disorderly, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Arrests are also likely up because of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/04\/us-news\/nypd-limits-subway-overtime-hours-despite-surging-violence-in-wake-of-jeffrey-maddrey-scandal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">there\u2019s a new boss in town<\/a>, Alcazar said.<\/p>\n<p>This Taurus G3C 9mm pistol with an extended magazine was one of the guns confiscated from criminals on the city\u2019s subways, cops said.  NYPD<\/p>\n<p>This Ruger Security-9 was among the guns found on the subway. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the new incoming mayor, I\u2019m sure [Police Commissioner Jessica] Tisch has tasked her chiefs to crack the whip,\u201d he said of socialist Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBosses always become motivated by a new incoming administration. A desire to be promoted or fear of being demoted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Giacalone, a former NYPD sergeant who\u2019s also an adjunct professor at John Jay, wondered what the outcome of the gun arrests were and whether more people were <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/21\/gun-busts-in-nyc-subways-have-exploded-94-since-2019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">packing heat<\/a> because they know there aren\u2019t serious repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many of them were tried and convicted and how many pleaded out to just a slap on the wrist?\u201d he asked. \u201cHow many of them got community supervision?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This black Taurus G3C 9mm pistol was confiscated from a perp underground, cops said. NYPD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have so many people carrying guns despite all the cops, they don\u2019t fear the law at all,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also wondered how long Mayor Mamdani would allow the turnstile arrests to continue, given that liberals have argued such enforcement targets the poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to prevent crime in the subway, you have to do it at the turnstile,\u201d Giacalone said. \u201cLike everything else, we\u2019ll see how the new mayor handles this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video shows a man who allegedly committed an armed robbery in the subway in Manhattan on Jan. 9, cops said. DCPI<\/p>\n<p>But 2025 was the \u201csafest year ever for gun violence\u201d in the city, with a significant drop in shooting incidents and victims within the transit system, according to the NYPD. Crime overall dropped 4% underground, according to NYPD officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results don\u2019t just make the transit system safer \u2014 they make it feel safer,\u201d Tisch said in a statement earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In one recent gun crime, a 35-year-old man was emerging from the B\/D subway at Grand Street and Christie Street around 11 p.m. on Jan. 9 when a stranger came from behind, pulled a gun, and demanded his property, according to police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More people are packing heat in the city\u2019s subways. 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