I didn't say anything about metrics leading police away from the holistic goals of police. I said police are already disconnected from those goals, and introdu

I didn't say anything about metrics leading police away from the holistic goals of police. I said police are already disconnected from those goals, and introducing them to the art of justifying anything you want with data isn't going to change this. If anything, it will only lend an air of scientific authority to their wholly unscientific decision making processes.