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> compared to say, stopping the local drug-gangs from shoting their brains out I'm guessing people have that impression from TV, but it doesn't seem to match r
by Schmerika 9mo ago
> compared to say, stopping the local drug-gangs from shoting their brains out
I'm guessing people have that impression from TV, but it doesn't seem to match reality.
> the data suggests that officers spend relatively little time responding to major violent crimes: 4%, 3.7% and 4.1% in the three locations, respectively.
- https://www.freethink.com/society/how-police-spend-their-time https://www.freethink.com/society/how-police-spend-their-tim...
- ryandrake 9mo agoWhich raises the obvious question: If they're not responding to either violent crimes or nonviolent crimes, what are they doing all day?
- reaperducer 9mo agoIf they're not responding to either violent crimes or nonviolent crimes, what are they doing all day? According to a police administrator I once knew, filling out all the endless paperwork that makes the studies possible so people can complain about what little time cops spend fighting crime.
- eloisant 9mo agoThe only times were cops were useful to me was to fill a theft report that I needed for an insurance claim.
- jq-r 9mo agoJust like that excellent Yes Minister episode about hospitals - I imagine they have more then enough internal busywork so they have no time for their customers. Which the older am I the more this seems true.
- justin66 9mo agoDonuts don't just eat themselves.
- b00ty4breakfast 9mo agoadministration; paperwork et al. Don't you just like the modern technical bureaucratic apparatus?
- prmoustache 9mo agoAnecdotal evidence but they spend a significant amount of time at the burger joint next to my place, while blocking the bicycle lane instead of parking legally.