DONNIENARC0 t1_j9pc55d wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:50 PM

Reply to comment by YoYoMoMa in If someone says “the most effective nonprofit (or community group) in Baltimore” - what groups do you think of? by caseyswatts

That's the point... If this non-cop solution has shitty results, then give that money to a better one that will do better.

Waste in one column doesn't justify waste in another. All public money should be accounted for.

YoYoMoMa t1_j9pfbwf wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:10 PM

I agree, but how on earth do we quantify the impact of these programs? How do we know if a change, or no change, in crime is the impact of them or the police? Or any other factor?

My point isn't that we shouldn't worry about the impact of a $10 million program. Just that we should spend literally ten thousand times the time, effort, and money making sure the cops are not wasting our money, because they have literally ten thousand times the budget.

DONNIENARC0 t1_j9pguh1 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:19 PM

Recidivism rates amongst program participants judged against general recidivism rates seems like a good place to start just off the top of my head, I suppose.