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The Coptimizer's avatar

This is a great post and I'll do my part to share it far and wide. Unfortunately, it's not the "sexy" side of policing, and it does not get much attention. Even worse, when it does, it is usually by members of the media who have no idea what they are looking at—and I don't blame them, because most cops don't understand it either. So it gets misused and abused.

For years, I've wondered if we will ever be able to reform this system. With modern CAD/RMS systems that integrate with court systems, we should be able to follow every single arrest case from initiation to final disposition. This would allow us to get a picture of the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice system as a whole, because "cleared by arrest" does not mean "conviction."

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Lukas Nel's avatar

Dude wtf is with chicago? 14% clearance is the lowest on the list by a significant margin .

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