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Why not start arresting criminals?

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They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*

*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.[/quote]

There is nothing stopping the police union from shining a light on where the breakage is.  If they want to show the community that they are doing their job but are being failed by prosecutors, then they should build a live dashboard that tracks all the data, things like:

call or incident -> response -> arrest/otherwise cleared case -> detention vs release -> what they should be charged with -> what was actually prosecuted / plea deals made -> availability of evidence and testimony -> ruling -> sentencing -> term actually being served

That will tell us if the prosecutors aren't prosecuting, if they are dropping charges, if courts are going weak on crime et cetera.

If the police doesn't want to take the blame for it then this is what they should do.  Shine a light on the weak prosecution or whatever other issues are happening.[/quote]
Thing is, Democrat Police don’t want to expose their Democrat politicians.

See how that works?[/quote]
One issue is that if you’re viewed as a troublemaker you won’t get promoted and promotion is highly political.

Another issue is that the current political dynamics favor MPD. Not to unfairly over generalize, but MPD has had a historic reputation as being a somewhat bloated and reactive force. The Council and USAO have given MPD a free pass of accountability because they are understaffed and prosecution rates are so low. If they were fully staffed and prosecution rates were high, then everyone would be looking squarely at MPD. So they really don’t have an incentive to promote change of the status quo and why would they. 
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