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Originally Posted by Scastle
I do agree that those crimes need to be sorted out. The problem is that come election time, the commissioner would be tempted to divert resources from those crimes to more glamourous ones that would get him or her more publicity. I am not saying they will do that, but I don't think we can take the chance they will.
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I don't think it will work that way.
If, say, around election time there happened to be a child murderer on the loose and he was caught. The story was well reported in the papers and on the TV.
I would be very happy, however If I also lived on a street where every house had been broken into I wouldn't be happy enough to vote for this commssioner.
If before every election the PA, where forced to publish their stats, a leaflet through every door so everybody gets to see them.
You will not be able to hide figures like 1 child murderer caught, but 15% rise in burglery. 1 serial killer caught, but 20% rise in violent crime.
You have to give the public some credit, we're not all muppets that can easily be romanced by a bit of good publicity.