Congratulations on a great first podcast. It brought to mind the comments of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police commander in the early stages of the opioid epidemic, which was largely confined to pharmaceuticals and not getting the public attention needed. "You need data and you need faces," he said. There's a whole story there about data, timeliness, and who had it and who saw it, that I suspect you live with, but that's another tale. Faces may be the important point of your conversation with Michael Lewis. And unlike the families sharing their stories about overdoses, I think the faces of victims, real and dramatized, make attention to the data harder. Woe to the police executive who addresses a crime that has caught the communities eye with, "According to the data ..." and rightly so. But I also thought, there are faces of those who use or have used data aggressively in policing to measurably good results. First, I thought of Bill Bratton and CompStat. Then, are there communities where significant improvements through using real time crime data have been made who would voice their recognition of the improvement. And there are folks, like my old friend Pete Gagliardi over at the RF Factor Substack, who are using data and advanced techniques to respond to gun related violence. And again in New York, where Chauncey Parker at the HIDTA is involved in RX Stat, where public safety and public health look at overdoses in a way modeled after CompStat. So there are faces, and stories, and best to you in bringing them forward in your podcasts.
One of the best podcast episodes I've come across as I loved the back-and-forth and on your toes thinking of basically how to be creative with solutions. Michael Lewis asked as many rock solid questions as Jeff did and Jeff hardly hesitated on the answers.
So much better than the traditional, "ask a question, get an answer, ask the next question."
Good get!
Congratulations on a great first podcast. It brought to mind the comments of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police commander in the early stages of the opioid epidemic, which was largely confined to pharmaceuticals and not getting the public attention needed. "You need data and you need faces," he said. There's a whole story there about data, timeliness, and who had it and who saw it, that I suspect you live with, but that's another tale. Faces may be the important point of your conversation with Michael Lewis. And unlike the families sharing their stories about overdoses, I think the faces of victims, real and dramatized, make attention to the data harder. Woe to the police executive who addresses a crime that has caught the communities eye with, "According to the data ..." and rightly so. But I also thought, there are faces of those who use or have used data aggressively in policing to measurably good results. First, I thought of Bill Bratton and CompStat. Then, are there communities where significant improvements through using real time crime data have been made who would voice their recognition of the improvement. And there are folks, like my old friend Pete Gagliardi over at the RF Factor Substack, who are using data and advanced techniques to respond to gun related violence. And again in New York, where Chauncey Parker at the HIDTA is involved in RX Stat, where public safety and public health look at overdoses in a way modeled after CompStat. So there are faces, and stories, and best to you in bringing them forward in your podcasts.
If you could upload the audio file directly to substack that would allow me to play it at 2x speed. I don't see that option on Substack. Thank you.
great first episode, love the humor and personality in it, really looking forward to more episodes
One of the best podcast episodes I've come across as I loved the back-and-forth and on your toes thinking of basically how to be creative with solutions. Michael Lewis asked as many rock solid questions as Jeff did and Jeff hardly hesitated on the answers.
So much better than the traditional, "ask a question, get an answer, ask the next question."
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