ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAfter 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positiveslailluminator.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarekarlthemailman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoSerious question, what is the right number of officers for a city that size? 1 officer per 400 people or so doesn’t sound very low to me.
minus-squareSangriaFerret@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNOPD’s stated goal is 1600, a ratio of 1:227 persons. The actual ratio is 1:385 Cleveland, similar in size to New Orleans, has a ratio 1:310. They also state that they are suffering from a serious police shortage. By comparison: NYC has a ratio of 1:166 Chicago 1:180
Serious question, what is the right number of officers for a city that size? 1 officer per 400 people or so doesn’t sound very low to me.
NOPD’s stated goal is 1600, a ratio of 1:227 persons.
The actual ratio is 1:385
Cleveland, similar in size to New Orleans, has a ratio 1:310. They also state that they are suffering from a serious police shortage.
By comparison:
NYC has a ratio of 1:166
Chicago 1:180
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