More than 20 chain snatchings on mopeds have hit New York City since September. The cops say migrant robbery crews are behind it. One of those attacks ended with an NYPD detective getting stabbed. That's where we are.

The crews use mopeds to target jewelry. They hit people walking alone, people who can't outrun a motorbike. That's straight from NYPD, and the numbers back it up.

The detective got stabbed during an attempted chain robbery. A cop tries to stop one of these attacks and takes a blade for it. That tells you who these crews are and what they are willing to do.

The New York Post reports these crews have been running across multiple precincts. The numbers keep climbing. Over 20 incidents since September, and that is just what got reported. Anyone who has worked enforcement knows the real count is always higher because victims walk away and never file.

Moped robbery crews are not a new concept. Cities across Europe have dealt with them for years. London, Paris, Barcelona. Snatch-and-grab on two wheels, blending into traffic, ditching the bike, swapping clothes. It is a proven criminal tactic. Now it is running in New York because the conditions are right.

The conditions being right means nobody is stopping them. You get a city that has spent years handcuffing its own police, telling cops to stand down, letting sanctuary policies shield people from federal immigration enforcement, and you get exactly this. Robbery crews on mopeds snatching gold chains off pedestrians in broad daylight.

Twenty incidents in about six weeks. One detective stabbed. Jewelry ripped off people's necks on the street. That is the cost of soft enforcement. You can track it on a spreadsheet.

Here is what enforcement looks like when it actually works. You identify the crews. You run surveillance on the mopeds. You trace where they are stored. You hit the staging areas at 4 a.m. and arrest the riders before they roll out. You impound the bikes. You hold them. You charge them. You deport the ones who are here illegally. You do it again the next day.

None of that requires new laws. None of it requires a task force or a study or a community listening session. It requires cops being allowed to do cop work and prosecutors willing to prosecute. The tools are already on the table.

The detective who got stabbed was out there doing the job. They deserve more than a press release. They deserve a city that lets them and every other cop on the street shut these crews down hard.