Edited sentence: Dinkins attempted to do this with a 1.8 billion dollar plan to fight fear in New York by hiring 8,000 new officers.It began with former Mayor David Dinkins 1990-1993.New York, being the dangerous crime infested city that it was, needed a turn around.Proactive policing is the practice of deterring criminal activity by showing police presence and engaging the public to learn their concerns, thereby preventing crime from taking place in the first place.The stop-and-frisk program also aims to promote proactive policing.gov shows the murder rate in New York City peaked in 1990 and dropped 30% by 1994 however most of the credit goes to Dinkins' successor, Rudy Giuliani