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At the risk of oversimplifying, I believe increasing crime rate is a good proxy for police corruption. As an example, East Palo Alto in CA was the crime capital
by utopcell 9y ago
At the risk of oversimplifying, I believe increasing crime rate is a good proxy for police corruption. As an example, East Palo Alto in CA was the crime capital of the country back in the 90s. Then a police force that included parties from surrounding cities was formed to address it and now the city is essentially crime-free.
- DrScump 9y agothe city is essentially crime-free I think you are misreading a source. Homicide has decreased, but most other crime has increased.
- utopcell 9y agoI don't think I've come across any report that states that other crime has increased in EPA. What is your source ? Incidentally, I think that declining crime rates are, among other things, also a sign of a ``clean'', efficient police force.
- masonic 9y agoa sign of a ``clean'', efficient police force Or, that the substantial gentrification going on there over the last decade has changed the demographics substantially.