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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I think as taxpayers we have to ask whether we want our law enforcement and prosecutor resources to be used to deal with fare jumping when there are lot more serious and impactful things they could be doing.  That is always the point of these decriminalization initiatives - to prioritize and re-allocate finite resources.  A $25 fine and/or a desk ticket is fine with me. [/quote]

Good luck getting the little thugs to pay the fine, they don't care about being arrested because the juvenile justice system in this city is a joke, what makes you think the current fare jumpers are going to care about a fine they'll never pay? [/quote]

Well, I am not in the habit of calling a fare jumper a "thug."  I grew up in NYC and two things I know - I know some REAL thugs and I know that fare jumpers come in many forms.

You are focused on the fine and that is not even the point.  You just said yourself that arresting them does not help anything - so why do it?  Put another way, as a taxpayer, I do not want the finite resources of the District focused on arresting and prosecuting fare jumpers. You are spending much more than $25 in prosecuting the crime. It is a waste of resources when they could be deployed elsewhere. [/quote]

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