NYPD big rips bail-reform ‘free’-for-all

Nearly everyone arrested in the Big Apple will not be held in jail while awaiting trial, thanks to seriously “misguided” new bail rules, a top NYPD official said Sunday.

Deputy Commissioner John Miller, speaking on “The Cats Roundtable” radio show, slammed what supporters call a major criminal-justice reform.

“Everybody who gets arrested for anything except for maybe murder and attempted murder is going to be released without having to pay anything at arraignment,” Miller warned.

“Before they enacted this law, 89 percent of people were being released at arraignment without having to [post] bail anyway,” he added. “Now that’s probably going to go to 99 percent — which is going to be a problem because criminals are going to know at the time they’re arrested, ‘I’m not really risking going to jail.’ ”

The reform, which eliminates any cash-bail requirement for low-level misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, has been a hot-button topic among law enforcement since it was proposed in Albany — uniting Police Commissioner James O’Neill, police unions and the city’s five district attorneys against it.

The reform is set to go into effect at the start of 2020 as part of a budget deal. Supporters have said the changes will help address racial disparities and overcrowding of jails.

Miller also criticized the changes to the trial discovery process that requires prosecutors to hand over all evidence within three weeks of an arrest, saying it would put victims and witnesses at risk.

“That’s going to be a real problem,” he said.