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by gs17 207 days ago
> the catch and release of repeat criminals caused a surge in break ins

> Several criminals have been caught

The actual difference here is that the second "caught" isn't followed by "and released". The camera didn't do it.

My street has repeat offenders who come and steal from cars nightly. The cops know who they are and have arrested them multiple times, with them immediately being released AFAIK. A million cameras wouldn't change this.
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ahmeneeroe-v2 207 days ago
The community got together, worked on a solution, that solution lead to arrests. A politically savvy prosecutor would not easily dismiss an organized community with proven ability to drive results.

So yes, the camera didn't do it, but it helped.

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gs17 207 days ago
> that solution lead to arrests

There were already arrests. You can't have "catch and release" if there's no "catch".

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