RE: Seattle Chief of Police resigns Due Budget Cuts
August 13, 2020 at 3:00 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2020 at 3:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Here's an article with a link for one - first result.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/...ker-harris
Don't have to get far to see that the effect isn't coming from staffing or wage increases in the dept.
-and here's the link to just the study.
https://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/TerrorAlertProofs.pdf
One of the best lines in their conclusion -
Was this one of the two you had in mind?
I'd post more, but the next few pages of links that I get when I google "policing reduces crime rates"...are ones explaining that it doesn't. Do you think this might persuasively argue that a police officer ought to be out patrolling, rather than moonlighting as an emt or a social worker? Do you think it might persuasively argue that if we can get four officers patrolling for the price of one desk jockey gaming the pay system...we should go with the officers patrolling?
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/...ker-harris
Don't have to get far to see that the effect isn't coming from staffing or wage increases in the dept.
Quote:During high-alert periods, the Washington, DC, police force would mobilize extra officers, especially in and around the capital’s core, centered on the National Mall. Using daily crime data, they found that the level of crime decreased significantly on high-alert days, and the decrease was especially concentrated on the National Mall.Officers actively participating in program, spending their time a particular way.
-and here's the link to just the study.
https://mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/TerrorAlertProofs.pdf
One of the best lines in their conclusion -
Quote:Most of the decrease in crime comes from decreases in the street crimes of auto theft and theft from automobiles
Was this one of the two you had in mind?
I'd post more, but the next few pages of links that I get when I google "policing reduces crime rates"...are ones explaining that it doesn't. Do you think this might persuasively argue that a police officer ought to be out patrolling, rather than moonlighting as an emt or a social worker? Do you think it might persuasively argue that if we can get four officers patrolling for the price of one desk jockey gaming the pay system...we should go with the officers patrolling?
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