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We started hoping that car thefts would be a pressure point for a lot of violent crime (which tends to be committed from stolen cars --- this is the Kia problem
by tptacek 1y ago
We started hoping that car thefts would be a pressure point for a lot of violent crime (which tends to be committed from stolen cars --- this is the Kia problem). But we caught more innocent drivers with stale entries on the Illinois LEADS hotlist than actual stolen cars. When we OK'd the system after its pilot, it was on the condition that we no longer curb cars based on stolen car reports at all --- we'd only curb them based on stolen license plates (which have no innocent explanation).
Maybe other states are different for this, but in Chicagoland, unless you don't care about disproportionately harming Black motorists, using Flock for stolen car enforcement was a flop.
- aerostable_slug 1y agoThe lesson I keep getting from your experiences is that LEADS needs an overhaul. It turns out other states do have flags for things like "extraditable warrant" vs. just failure to appear warrants (something mentioned in previous discussions), and perhaps something could be done about the LEADS system if attention was given to it. It seems like fixing one's data sources is a great approach vs. tossing the baby out with the bathwater — unless of course that's the intention all along, as it is with many opposed to state-owned surveillance of this nature.
- tptacek 1y agoWhen you fix LEADS, let me know, and I'll be happy to revisit.
- ahmeneeroe-v2 1y agoDon't improve anything until you can fix everything! No incremental improvements allowed!
- tptacek 1y agoI have no idea what this has to say with anything that I said. Did you see me saying "no, don't fix LEADS"?