RE: Seattle Chief of Police resigns Due Budget Cuts
August 13, 2020 at 6:57 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2020 at 7:06 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Raw numbers of patrol officers have been declining for years. Between 1997 and 2016 we went from 242/100k - 217/100k (police/res). During that same period, violent crime dropped 37%.
Turns out that crime doesn't go up or down based on staffing, it goes up or down based on what officers are doing with their time. Hmn...sounds familiar.
-and if crown vics deter crime, then we should lay off some cops and buy more crown vics. They're cheaper, and less prone to accidentally killing our fellow citizen, or gassing the people who protest it.
Turns out that crime doesn't go up or down based on staffing, it goes up or down based on what officers are doing with their time. Hmn...sounds familiar.
-and if crown vics deter crime, then we should lay off some cops and buy more crown vics. They're cheaper, and less prone to accidentally killing our fellow citizen, or gassing the people who protest it.
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