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Originally Posted by Temperance
Thoughtful comment, thanks. I share the frustration of many posters but, as a criminologist, I can say that "tough on crime" approaches tend to be pretty ineffective at actually reducing crime. They make for good slogans, and they feel satisfying, but we need to address root causes. We can't simply police our way out of this.
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The metrics for WPS's Crime Reduction programming illustrates this perfectly...
Metrics we actually want tracked: crime rate per 100k (or something similar).
What actually gets tracked: social media followers, WPS website hits, citizen satisfaction with WPS.
Three other programs (all in Community Services) mention that their programs are aimed at crime reduction/prevention, yet Police Services sees 100% of the funding (about $36 million) for from these programs.