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    I think the address may have more to do with your location than that of the blog. It comes up as secondcitycop.blogspot.com in the US.

    They've talked about Compstat a great deal on that blog, and it's never really been in good terms. It's an interesting read for those with an interest in some practices of US law enforcement and Chicago politics.
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    A great deal of police work is politics.

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    The fudging of the numbers is an enduring political behavior. We of course do the same thing in Afghanistan to paint the picture we want people to believe. This is one reason I'm strongly opposed to our over reliance on measures of effectiveness, it is just another vehicle for the brass to mislead the American people and Congress, which in turn provides more support for ill conceived policies and strategies. Until we as a nation learn to value the truth we will not effectively evolve our approaches to address serious security problems whether they be crime or insurgencies.

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    "over reliance on measures of effectiveness" is a great phrase.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Majormarginal View Post
    "over reliance on measures of effectiveness" is a great phrase.
    If you torture statistics enough they will tell you whatever you want to hear.
    Last edited by Dayuhan; 09-06-2012 at 12:23 AM.
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    Statistics don't lie to people.
    People lie to people.

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    People lie to themselves.

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