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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And virtually every. single. candidate. for ward 3 council that I have discussed this with (Finley, Goulet, Fruman, Thomas) gives the sympathy nod and the "yes, we must do something about the root causes of crime" condescending reply.

This phrase, of course, is code for "more spending programs" and "less prosecution of crime when it happens." [/quote]

Finley has a pretty cogent argument for changing our approach to policing instead of demanding more more more police.  It's something like "DC has the Xth largest police force in the USA but is the &lt;Xth largest city" and he talks about having police patrol more, using statistics from MPD and comparing to other police departments.  His website also specifically states vigorously prosecuting violent criminals "We need to vigorously prosecute those who commit violent crime to get them off our streets..."
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He is running in W3 and he isn't an idiot. Saying that our cops aren't cost effective and that he has a plan to increase efficiency isn't a bad argument.[/quote]
Sounds like a pretty stupid argument actually. Somehow only this dude found the secret to solving crime without police that no one else the world over has been able to figure out. [/quote]

So DC has the highest police per capita of major cities in this country?  If more cops and more incarceration is the answer, why hasn't it already worked?  Seems like calling for an audit to see how our police spend their time is the most rational thing we could hope for in a policymaker.  
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Because our cops are busy saving the Capitol from insurrectionists.[/quote]

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