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Every time I read these, it's just horrible science and bad math "The Sheriff’s Office said its program was designed to reduce bias in policing by using object
by kristopolous 6y ago
Every time I read these, it's just horrible science and bad math
"The Sheriff’s Office said its program was designed to reduce bias in policing by using objective data. And it provided statistics showing a decline in burglaries, larcenies and auto thefts since the program began in 2011."
Oh really? Where's your control? What did you control for? What were the other factors?
Perhaps it's the same as everywhere else. Maybe people feel more intimidated so they don't report crime. These measurements are self reported and after more intimidation and fear perhaps there's less self reporting...
It's unqualified people making incompetent assessments and unilaterally dictating public policy with gobs of taxpayer money to do it. Just atrocious
- pchristensen 6y agoThe article says the 7 surrounding counties experienced similar drops in property crime, and Pasco (the subject of the article) was the only one where violent crime increased.
- kristopolous 6y agoYes, thank you to the journalists for not letting that slide. We should probably be doing more than just claiming the reasoning is faulty and invalid on some websites though