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by Manuel_D 67 days ago
https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-...

Seattle apparently tripled likelihood of perpetrators being identified.

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That PR article doesn't answer the questions, and raises more:

- Why didn't SPD commission an independent study?

- What kinds of crimes were studied? Is this catching jaywalkers or homicides?

- Only mentions arrests. What about convictions? How are victims receiving justice?

- Where's the data and the reproducible methodology?

- How many people were tracked who didn't commit any crime at all?

There's so much wrong with that article that it's hard to come to any verifiable conclusions about the efficacy of the program. And again, doesn't answer any of the original questions.