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by thoraway1010 2150 days ago
But it misses the larger context which is that Swiss are proactive in trying to reduce crime through many approaches. They use many automated tools, hotspot mapping etc. The article even mentions they use something like 20 tools.

As a result of this larger effort, they have kept crime low and solve lots of serious crime.

The US has really moved to what I might call the critique approach in this area. No one is willing to propose actual solutions, but everyone likes to complain and critique. This creates somewhat of a do nothing or can't do effect in govt especially and I think also reduces attractiveness of professions like policing or working in govt (you can't ever actually do or even try things without folks eagerly slamming you).

Pretty pathetic - and doesn't bode well for our covid testing / tracing response either.