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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]

It was documented in the Washington Post that the USAO was no papering 67% of arrests [b]including the majority of gun cases and felonies.[/b] This has been known by Bowser and the Council since 2018. Were you unaware of this? Suggest you follow @dccrimefacts[/quote]

Insane that they kicked and screamed over legal gun ownership, but don't do their utmost to change this ^[/quote]

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