On Apr 3, 7:09 pm, Dr John Watson <drj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> This just about sums it up:
>
> "Camden police are required to "solve" at least 24 per cent of
> offences. Under current measurements, solving a complicated rape case
> involving dozens of officers and hundreds of hours of work is given the
> same statistical weight as awarding a caution, or a formal cannabis
> warning."
>
Even if there is weighting, percentage of crimes solved is a crappy
metric. It means anything where there's a greater than 24% chance of
success will boost their averages. So, some guys had a little too
much to drink. You can ask him to go home, and he very probably will,
or you can arrest him for disturbing the peace, thus slightly pu****ng
up your solved crimes rate.
Base the measurements on unsolved crimes or something. That's what we
really want to keep down, after all.
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