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> Do the stats tell the full story? If you stop prosecuting crime, and cops then stop arresting criminals, the stats go down and the crime goes up. Do you have
by bhouston 4y ago
> Do the stats tell the full story? If you stop prosecuting crime, and cops then stop arresting criminals, the stats go down and the crime goes up.
Do you have any stats to share?
I think another telling part in that article I linked to is that survey respondents in SF in July 2022 said the biggest issue for them, by almost a factor of 2, is homelessness and not crime. That stat appears to have a long-term upward trend:
https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population#:~:text=Number%20of%20People%20Experiencing%20Homelessness%20during%20each%20PIT%20Count%2C%202005%2D2022,-Sheltered%2FUnsheltered%3A&text=Under%20the%202022%20PIT%20Count,homeless%20population%20from%202019%20–%202022 https://sfgov.org/scorecards/safety-net/homeless-population#....
- ETH_start 4y agoThe homelessness issue is mostly people with severe substance abuse problems, and concurrently brain-damage/mental-illness, roaming the streets, making people feel uneasy.