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Bad idea, people won't go to the hospital. Reminds me of the story about the CIA going undercover as polio vaccinators in Pakistan and now legitimate vaccinator
by guelo 13y ago
Bad idea, people won't go to the hospital. Reminds me of the story about the CIA going undercover as polio vaccinators in Pakistan and now legitimate vaccinators are being chased off and polio rates are increasing.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoThey were pretending to be doing Hepatitis B vaccinations in an attempt to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in the area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_in_Pakistan#Factors_affecting_eradication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_in_Pakistan#Fact...
- gph 13y agoI agree that it's probably a bad idea to publish a story about this program. I'm guessing the type of guys getting into fights in Cardiff bars are going to stop telling the hospital staff when they realize it could lead to their favorite bar getting targeted by the police or even shut down.
- leoedin 13y agoDid you even read the article? It's concerned with drink-related violence (not gang violence), and states fairly clearly that generally the reason that these types of crimes are not reported is because they happen in clubs/bars and the perpetrator is often not known. They clearly state that data is anonymised, and there's absolutely no suggestion that the reports are ever used for criminal investigations. The main issue that this programme tackles (apparently quite effectively) is that the police often aren't even aware that an assault has taken place (and so can't target the area it happened in). Certainly in some gang-related crimes the victims refuse to talk to anyone, but this is a very different situation. How is reducing violent crime by somewhere between 30 and 40% a bad idea?