Despairing police officers in one of New York's most crime ridden districts have started telling storekeepers to call them directly rather than waste their time on 911.Morale among NYPD officers has plunged amid a tsunami of retail that has seen shoplifters routinely released after re-offending.Thousands of officers have handed in their badges over the last three years leaving nearly every precinct in the city understaffed and suffering from spiraling response times.
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