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Cashless bail, dead neighborhoods, and an overwhelmed law enforcement system have led to this. The barrier to be arrested and held with even cash bail, let alon
by debacle 3y ago
Cashless bail, dead neighborhoods, and an overwhelmed law enforcement system have led to this. The barrier to be arrested and held with even cash bail, let alone without bail, is startlingly high.
- Zigurd 3y agoCops are the biggest or second biggest line item in most municipalities. It is more likely a problem of misallocation where crime that is actually economically significant gets short shrift because cops stay busy with activities that don't have a positive effect.
- tastyfreeze 3y agoOr a DA that doesn't prosecute "low level" crimes. No point in making an arrest if all you are doing is giving the a ride across town.
- Zigurd 3y agoA massive car theft ring isn't "lower level crime." That's the problem. Cops seem to have a difficult time identifying crime that scaled up in a way that matters.
- debacle 3y agoI think part of the problem is that you can't properly contextualize the issue without badmouthing police. Most police, like most people, are good and want to do good. The US (and likely many other countries) is being plagued by activist DAs who see letting crime slide as a form of restorative justice.
- Zigurd 3y agoIn many PDs, "most" is debatable. Do a quick experiment: in how many cases of police misconduct did the other cops in the PD with together to remove a miscreant among them, compared with the cases of cover-up, collusion, delay, denial, etc.? Do a search. What's the prevalent case?
- willhslade 3y agoToronto cops are this weird combination of expensive and ineffective. Hell, you can literally murder a billionaire in his own home and the Toronto cops are stumped.