“Any time that you can free up police resources from an activity that really is not a crime and is no longer a crime, that’s going to positively affect the police’s ability to do their job across all aspects,” he said.
and not busting people for drug possession is why the crime numbers have improved and for no other reason. the quote is an ignorant statement because those same resources “gained” will be used up dealing with the collateral damage of a bunch of stoners running around doing stupid and dangerous things.
Don’t trust studies much. Traffic accidents are way up though.
Was the study paid by the pot industry. And notice how narrow their “study” is. Crime decreased near pot shops - what about the rest of the city?
"Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle."
Dixie Lee Ray
Haven’t seen much crime around our shops, except the MJ shops themselves get robbed regularly and I think a few deaths over the last few years, generally murdered proprietors. Oh, this is in CA.
The dispensaries around here are getting more Neiman-Marcusy every day. And there are more than Starbucks.
Don’t forget violence. Ask any cop how often they go to bar brawls/fights....It’s endless, every single night...Alcohol fueled murders, brawls, abuse etc. Ask any cop how many pot users are beating each other senseless. There is just no comparison. Zip~! Same with drunk driving. They kill/injure tens of thousands routinely unlike those who only use pot. Ask those with real experience like the street cops. There is just no comparison to the carnage caused by alcohol. Not even remotely close.
No too surprising that crime would drop with more armed security in the area...
“Crime dropping locally appears to be consistent with an increased police or private security presence in or around pot shops.”
More cops, less crime.
Like, duuuh. When pot was illegal and someone purchased it, well, that’d make it, wait for it.... a crime.
The thread article referenced a study done and published.
It read:
”The results imply that an additional dispensary in a neighborhood leads to a reduction of 17 crimes per month per 10,000 residents, which corresponds to roughly a 19 percent decline relative to the average crime rate over the sample period……
It may reduce crime, but only in the illegal sales and production of marijuana areas. But if the other crimes are going to increase, there isn’t any connection to the determination of allowing the drug to be legal to lower crime amounts that have increased as the headline leads people to think.
According to the Denver Post, Denver’s violent crime rate is rising faster than any other large city in the country. “Several categories went up without any clear identifiable cause with the largest rise in violent crime rate last year compared to other large cities.”
So how can they say there is less crime in the state when there is more, factually more than any other city in increase in the country? Article is a lie.
rwood
Testosterone levels fell to record lows...
Lol.. a colorado study? Yeah, thats credible. They will never tell the truth until the money stops.
Is it possible that police security is better around those shops?
The punchline to an old joke comes to mind: “Too lazy to steal”