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Devil’s advocate: maybe the “results” from that spend are measured in how many people they persuade not to try to flee bail, rather than how many Julian Assange
by corin_ 9y ago
Devil’s advocate: maybe the “results” from that spend are measured in how many people they persuade not to try to flee bail, rather than how many Julian Assanges they arrest. Of course that’s a metric that can’t really be measured, it may be a metric not worth spending that money on and the money being spent may not be succeeding, but it’s not necessarily as simple as “if they still haven’t arrested him it’s wasted money”.
(That said, I do personally think they’ve wasted a ridiculous amount on him, and I have many other issues with UK/London policing and police budgeting.)
- belorn 9y agoIt is true that its not that simple, but it is also the common attribute to all forms of government waste. Its not without reason why most government reforms and open government focus on measuring results and balancing it to the budget. It is however a bit telling from the leaked documents when the London police asked Sweden to not drop the case: "It is simply amazing how much work this case is generating. It sometimes seems like an industry". In theory they could be thinking about the deterrence factor for bail jumpers but all the arrows are pointing to a government agency being happy to spend budget on a job which has zero accidents, zero gun shootings, and generates employment. It is a real possibility that this new article would not exist if that budget went into investigating and catching criminals, considering the 6 years times £4 million.