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Such great questions. Maybe we should answer them before building a massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money.
by text0404 6mo ago
Such great questions. Maybe we should answer them before building a massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money.
- sigbottle 6mo agoNo, we should build the massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money! It's for science, after all! We have no data on whether or not cameras covering every square inch of space, hooked up to a centralized surveillance database is actually good for society. We need to conduct this methodologically and scientifically. We'll be able to come to an objective conclusion with enough testing!
- Manuel_D 6mo agohttps://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-triples-the-odds-that-a-victim-receives-justice/ https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-... Seattle apparently tripled likelihood of perpetrators being identified.
- text0404 6mo agoThat PR article doesn't answer the questions, and raises more: - Why didn't SPD commission an independent study? - What kinds of crimes were studied? Is this catching jaywalkers or homicides? - Only mentions arrests. What about convictions? How are victims receiving justice? - Where's the data and the reproducible methodology? - How many people were tracked who didn't commit any crime at all? There's so much wrong with that article that it's hard to come to any verifiable conclusions about the efficacy of the program. And again, doesn't answer any of the original questions.