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MarkinDC24 t1_ja3wc1f wrote

Reply to comment by swampoodler in NBC4 Report on Carjacking confirms issues with DC Response by gator_fl

I mean, I hear you that you believe the cops are incompetent. I would argue, however, the news broadcast provides a more complex answer to the problem: (1) there are police staff storages; (2) and, issues with evidence analysis (I.e., long wait times). Both staffing shortages and evidence wait times are hindering police officers ability to catch criminals. Did you not take away or understand those points in the OP’s broadcast?

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Deanocracy t1_ja446n4 wrote

What happens when the criminal is arrested?

Nothing. So why focus on this when they arrest them and nothibg happens?

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MarkinDC24 t1_ja4c3mr wrote

I personally can not commiserate with you about the current state of affairs. In real life, I am busy consulting with others about mechanisms to change law enforcement and criminal codes. In policy, one important mechanism for change are special interest groups who know which levers to pull for their desired results. Consulting takes up way to much of my time, and I do not have time to lament about the status quo.

Good luck to you!

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throwaway38r2823 t1_ja56xbp wrote

This is a really condescending and unsympathetic response.

In real life, I am just trying to navigate public transit safely to get to my public sector job so I can try to help this country for pay way below what I could command elsewhere because I really give a shit. I personally am concerned by trends in law enforcement that imperil my ability to get to my job safely, including what happens to criminals once they are caught.

Everyone in this sub is also trying to just get to their real life job and live their life, and their concerns are valid. Who are you to carve out plenty of time to comment on this subreddit in the first place but then claim some false "too busy trying to solve the real problems" excuse to diminish someone who has a valid concern about how the city they live and work in is being managed?

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MarkinDC24 t1_ja5ebac wrote

You believe it is condescending and unsympathetic. I hear you, but that wasn’t my intention.

In real life, everyone is navigating to their job and wants safety. There are strong narratives in our country that police “don’t do their jobs”. When, point of fact, it is often more complex than people realize. The OP literally shared a broadcast detailing the complexity of car thefts, and people still simply the matter to: “police don’t want to do their jobs.” That’s disingenuous.

People can have concerns, but we all need to learn how to channel those concerns constructively. Lest we just sit there and lament. Another option, there is a vacancy on the DC Board of Sentencing. Check it out, https://octo.quickbase.com/db/bjngwsngm?a=q&isDDR=1&qid=45&dlta=mx{%276%27.EX.%27sentencing+commission%27}AND({%2724%27.EX.%27Active%27})~

Good luck!

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Deanocracy t1_ja5j295 wrote

For a professional consultant in this sphere you sure missed the point of my question…

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