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Re:Fighting crime by checking buildings, not suspects by mwt on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:32PM (#31879288)
Outside the context of crime: loitering, yes, foot traffic, not really. It's possible this particular phrase is a euphemism used in crime reporting, I don't know, but if it is I don't know why they wouldn't just say "officers no longer suspected dealers were using this place" / "informants/word on the street was that distribution moved to xyz ... "

That sentence read strangely to me as well; I think foot traffic is great and my favorite places in America are built around promoting it.

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Re:Fighting crime by checking buildings, not suspects by newsclues on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:59PM (#31879432)
I think it’s both a euphemism and perhaps it’s an area that no longer has regular foot traffic (closed businesses, vacant houses,etc) and the foot traffic was the clientele.

I say this as someone who lives in a high crime area.

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