@ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoAfter 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positiveslailluminator.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkAfter 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positiveslailluminator.com@ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@karlthemailman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish-1•2 years 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-square@SangriaFerret@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years 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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