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LOL. Please back this up with some form of proof.

by chaps 3y ago

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
It isn't rocket science: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/mayor-bruce-harrell-new-seattle-police-recruitment-plan-staffing-reaches-30-year-low/281-e98429ee-fc88-47f6-8890-b961393e2047 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/mayor-bruce... We simply have less cops (and more people) in 2023 than we did in 2003.
- chaps 3y ago
  Friend, I asked for proof -- not conjecture. With everything related to policing, these things are never as simple as "simply have less [sic] cops". Reporting requirements change, dispatch systems change, unit composition changes, etc etc.
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    Here: 1. Many less police than 20 years ago 2. Police still have to take reports for these things, not to mention they have other things they have to do. 3. Overworked police have to prioritize what parts of their jobs they get done. There is no conjecture about it, it simply is. And it explains how Seattle reported crime was down 4% in 2022 while homicide was up 24%. > With everything related to policing, these things are never as simple as "simply have less [sic] cops". Reporting requirements change, dispatch systems change, unit composition changes, etc etc. Those things change very slowly, if at all, over 20 years. They still need people to pick up the phone, and online reporting isn't applicable to larger crimes (they'll tell you that you can't file online and must call the non-emergency number).
    - chaps 3y ago
      Again, I've asked for proof and you've given me handwaved personal interpretations. So let me ask directly: what is your proof that dispatch time/reporting is less than it was 20 years ago? Mind you, I professionally do reporting work with police/jail data and I have intimate and often granular familiarity with much of this. Like I said, this stuff is never as simple as a couple numbers here and there. I wish it was, since that'd make my job a LOT easier! So as a courtesy to me and yourself, please raise your standard of proof and give me something with actual substance.

LOL. Please back this up with some form of proof.

by chaps 3y ago

LOL. Please back this up with some form of proof.

It isn't rocket science: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/mayor-bruce-harrell-new-seattle-police-recruitment-plan-staffing-reaches-30-year-low/281-e98429ee-fc88-47f6-8890-b961393e2047 https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/mayor-bruce... We simply have less cops (and more people) in 2023 than we did in 2003.

chaps 3y ago
Friend, I asked for proof -- not conjecture. With everything related to policing, these things are never as simple as "simply have less [sic] cops". Reporting requirements change, dispatch systems change, unit composition changes, etc etc.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  Here: 1. Many less police than 20 years ago 2. Police still have to take reports for these things, not to mention they have other things they have to do. 3. Overworked police have to prioritize what parts of their jobs they get done. There is no conjecture about it, it simply is. And it explains how Seattle reported crime was down 4% in 2022 while homicide was up 24%. > With everything related to policing, these things are never as simple as "simply have less [sic] cops". Reporting requirements change, dispatch systems change, unit composition changes, etc etc. Those things change very slowly, if at all, over 20 years. They still need people to pick up the phone, and online reporting isn't applicable to larger crimes (they'll tell you that you can't file online and must call the non-emergency number).
  - chaps 3y ago
    Again, I've asked for proof and you've given me handwaved personal interpretations. So let me ask directly: what is your proof that dispatch time/reporting is less than it was 20 years ago? Mind you, I professionally do reporting work with police/jail data and I have intimate and often granular familiarity with much of this. Like I said, this stuff is never as simple as a couple numbers here and there. I wish it was, since that'd make my job a LOT easier! So as a courtesy to me and yourself, please raise your standard of proof and give me something with actual substance.