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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by alex_sf on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:15PM (#33398204)
> Firstly, where is pulling back policing happening?

Most metropolitan areas. Seattle [1][2] and Minneapolis [3] have both established public policies of not responding to, citing, or arresting for a wide range of offenses.

> I don't know of a single city that has actually reduced their police size to any real sense?

Minneapolis has reduced the number of police officers, through various means, by 30%. [4]

> Additionally, how do we know this isn't just correlation and not causation?

Because we have multiple studies proving a causal relationship. [5][6]

[1] https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/sea...

[2] https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattle-police-bellevue-oth...

[3] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-poli...

[4] https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-supreme-cou...

[5] https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rssa.12142

[6] https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/426877

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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by PuppyTailWags on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:51PM (#33399171)
If this is true, then why are the places with the least crime also not the places with the most police? I'm genuinely asking out of curiosity.
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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by alex_sf on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:58PM (#33399907)
Crime has multiple causes, and multiple solutions. One proven solution is increased police presence. It isn't required, though.
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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by PuppyTailWags on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:59PM (#33400388)
Thanks for educating me about it!
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Re:How I Survived a Year in ‘The Hole’ Without Losing My Mind by rmasters on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:02PM (#33399960)
I'm not the person you asked, but if I rephrase your question to "Then why do some places with low crime have less police?", then the answer just seems to be common sense.
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