[OCP] - Ominicorp International; Providing State-of-the-Art solutions for the frontlines of the war on crime. I hear their ED-209 line of products gives Boston

[OCP] - Ominicorp International; Providing State-of-the-Art solutions for the frontlines of the war on crime. I hear their ED-209 line of products gives Boston Dynamics a run for their money. In all seriousness, this isn't all that new. It's a sad state of affairs though and you have to wonder what the key differences are in policing. Chicago needs to revamp their departments, but I would be willing to bet with a decent chunk of change that the issues presented are a direct response to leadership within the City as a whole and this weird utopian dream of minimal arrests. Three major hot spots (Humbolt park / North Lawndale), (Englewood) and (Pullman, West Pullman) average close to 3 homicides per 10000 people (Chicago Sun Times 2021 crime statistics). Gang violence is largely attributed, yet when the culture of gangs is brought up immediately everyone screams about everything but addressing that specific issues. I lived in inner-city Baltimore and I can tell you first hand, the excess amount of cash dumped into the city, rarely made it to the programs it was claimed to go to. Leadership for the city were all of the same ethnicities and many came from the city as well. So at some point we have to figure out A, how we can improve cultural to reduce the circumstances that push young people to the extremes (reduce poverty, increase opportunities, stabilize families) and B, address crime in a humane but effective manner (treat addicts like human beings and get them into long term care, hold violent offenders accountable and keep them locked up). There are many parts of the US that are extremely poor by standards, but the statistics and nature of crimes aren't repeated outside of a few major metropolitan areas. The main difference is localized cultures, and until people stop flailing arms and screaming that it's an affront to talk about it, things will continue to go down this path. Finally, defunding the police as a slogan has always been a bad narrative. The issue of low funding leads to lower quality candidates. If anything increasing funding, establishing new training on de-escalation, and putting effort into community out-reach is far more important. Until people see the police with respect (which they have to earn rightfully so) their efforts to police will be more hampered. I often wonder if a lot of the knee jerk reactions we've had the past 10 years have been seen as the quick answer emotionally, but as a whole have lead to far worse situations than prior. It seems the statistics rising would indicate that.