Re:How three teenagers invented an app to police the cops
by wyldfire on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @03:30PM
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> 1 defect in 10,000 is not arbitrarily 'good'
Phew, agreed -- my jaw dropped at grandparent's 'minor'.
> we don't collect statistics nationally. So, how do we improve?
I think there's plenty of open-loop approaches that could be considered (training on de-escalation, refresher on citizen's rights, praise/laud the interactions that result in no arrest or arrest without aggression). Waiting for national consensus is unnecessary: cities, counties and towns can recognize the crisis and establish best practices that are effective.
National consensus is likely useful to allocate funds that may be necessary to make these improvements, though.
Phew, agreed -- my jaw dropped at grandparent's 'minor'.
> we don't collect statistics nationally. So, how do we improve?
I think there's plenty of open-loop approaches that could be considered (training on de-escalation, refresher on citizen's rights, praise/laud the interactions that result in no arrest or arrest without aggression). Waiting for national consensus is unnecessary: cities, counties and towns can recognize the crisis and establish best practices that are effective.
National consensus is likely useful to allocate funds that may be necessary to make these improvements, though.