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Re: Big cities are posing a major threat to the economy by ignoring minor crimes |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Oct 17 08:26:39 2019, in response to Big cities are posing a major threat to the economy by ignoring minor crimes, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Tue Oct 15 22:15:15 2019. The police should focus on genuine crimes, large or small. And some of the things listed in the article (petty theft, vandalism) ARE genuine crimes, and police should not ignore them. But some so-called "quality of life" offenses (such as vending without a license) really aren't (that one actually improves the quality of life for all concerned, both buyers and sellers.) And over-aggressive policing (like the stop-and-frisk program that existed under our last mayor) reduces the quality of life for everyone in the area, by making them feel like they are always suspects, like they are under occupation, instead of like they are the real citizens of their communities.Here’s the kicker: the quality of life enforcement in those neighborhoods in the 1990s came mostly at the request of the local residents and remaining business owners. The request of "the" local residents? More likely of a very small group of them who imagined themselves to represent the others, when they did not. |
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