[CE2949BB]

Oakland Pride

[realdifferent1]

"We can't arrest our way out of this problem."

We truly are doomed.

[RC2]

Oakland is another South Central Los Angeles. Out of control.

[philled]

Hmm, arrests down and crime is up? Maybe they should try arrests up crime down?

[wideminded]

Armed robbers terrorized Oakland restaurants

Willie Brown said that when people visit restaurants in Oakland they should order soup. That way when the robbery starts they will have a place to hide their jewelry.

[PapaBear3625]

Harnett recommended that the agency adopt geographic policing, in which the city would be divided into three to five large districts commanded by captains responsible for crime in their respective areas. Harnett also recommended that the department begin using CompStat, a crime accountability and data tracking system that originated in New York and has spread to cities around the nation.

The key is changing how police performance is measured. By focusing on crime rates rather than arrests, it makes police focus on arresting career criminals (EACH of whom commit many crimes per week), AND working with prosecutors to make sure that once a career criminal is arrested, he's not plea bargained back on the streets by the end of the day.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Vigilantism happens when the authorities do not protect the public from criminals, or worse, when the authorities support the criminals over the citizenry. It never begins by trying to stop the criminals directly, only by demanding that the authorities stop them.

Invariably, the authorities try to crack down on the vigilantes first, instead of the criminals, which forces the vigilantes underground. Then, and only then, do the vigilantes have to take the law into their own hands.

None of this happens until it is forced to happen. And after the vigilantism ends, the authorities will try to blame the vigilantes for "creating" the problem.

[djreece]

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