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Municipal Politics

trevorhayden said:
More policing always seems to bring more criminals. No thanks.
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As far as I know, there is absolutely no truth to the statement that more policing brings more criminals.

More police would - and should - result in more crimes being solved and more people being convicted but more convictions doesn't mean more criminals in the way the statement suggests.

Now that more women are likely to report a rape and testify in court because they are afforded more and more sensitive policing certainly doesn't mean that more policing has resulted in more rapes simply because there are more arrests and convictions. That would would be a perverse conclusion/use of statistics. The same is true for pretty much everything police are expected to solve or resolve.
 
kcantor said:
As far as I know, there is absolutely no truth to the statement that more policing brings more criminals.

More police would - and should - result in more crimes being solved and more people being convicted but more convictions doesn't mean more criminals in the way the statement suggests.

Now that more women are likely to report a rape and testify in court because they are afforded more and more sensitive policing certainly doesn't mean that more policing has resulted in more rapes simply because there are more arrests and convictions. That would would be a perverse conclusion/use of statistics. The same is true for pretty much everything police are expected to solve or resolve.
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In Lethbridge, there was a specific part of Downtown that had a disproportionately large amount of arrests/police interventions. The data supported the notion that that area needed increased policing, based on where intervention was happening.

Turns out the reason there were so many arrests in that area was that the primary police station was in the middle of it. There were more arrests because there were more cops, and a faster response time. Overall crime in Canada is on a consistent decline, policing costs are steadily growing, and the reallocation of police resources to higher-risk areas like Chinatown and public transit have resulted in better perceptions of safety.

More cops don't beget more criminals. Life isn't a Batman movie.
 
A rumor that former four-term Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer will be declaring his intention to run for Mayor.
 
SarcasticMarmot said:
You'd think, but being a repeated drunk driver and killing a 39 year old mother hasn't stopped Moe from winning again and again. I don't take anything for granted anymore.
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It sure didn't help Mayor Ted Clugston in Medicine Hat get re-elected.
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SarcasticMarmot said:
You'd think, but being a repeated drunk driver and killing a 39 year old mother hasn't stopped Moe from winning again and again. I don't take anything for granted anymore.
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Yes, for various reasons voters have become a lot more forgiving of past shortcomings known about, over the last decade or so.

I only met him once and don't agree with some of his ideas, but he came across as a very pleasant person. Its been a while since he has been elected, so I feel his profile has diminished, but I wouldn't count him out.
 
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