5 Comments
Mar 17, 2023Liked by Joe Friday

As a DC police officer one of my biggest frustrations is the lack of feedback from the USAO. They almost never tell you why a case was dropped or why a warrant was rejected. I have asked many times for feedback on what we are doing wrong and how we can improve but they almost never give an answer. How can we fix the problem if they won't tell us exactly what it is?

Expand full comment

"COVID decreased property crime ~17%".

Do we know (or can we guess or estimate) how much of this decrease is real versus a drop in reporting rates? Or how much of the change is due to covid-induced changes in society vs the change in attitudes towards police that shifted around the same time?

Expand full comment

I heavily question whether more arrests is the policy goal, especially traffic, narcotics and other low-level stuff. A higher percentage of good arrests seems like a good goal. A higher clearance rate on gun violence would be great, too.

Expand full comment