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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by raarts on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @12:40AM (#27350779)
Maybe look at places where the police is defunded? Reports that crime skyrockets in such places are plenty to be found.
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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by helloworld11 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @01:11AM (#27350916)
plenty of subtleties covered here, and no, the cause effect relationship of police budgets reduced = crime rising isn't quite so cut and dry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police#Effect_on_cr...

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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by 8note on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @02:05AM (#27351153)
That's likely confirmation bias. You'd also want to look at places where crime skyrocketed, as well as other factors likely to have an influence, like alternative support systems
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