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The part about the police culture is Pretty spot on

It does in my experience, I work for a gov public safety agency and the numbers they show you are one part of the story. In public policy we learned how you determine what the thresholds are (When does good become excellent?), as well as things like what does improvement mean (a ten percent decrease in raw number? ten percent decrease from last years average?) mean that the framing of metrics must always be examined. Not to mention the litany of inside baseball stuff regarding how various things like 911 calls, car crashes, crimes, and population figures are captured, analyzed, and understood.

Outside of numbers. The same logic applies to fact checking sites which is why I always question why so many people use them to refute arguements. The authors decided what was deemed a good source.

A dirty secret I’ve noticed of the most controversial issues at the end of the day can be argued successfully both ways, so the fact checkers effectively choose the side they agree with. For example, should Texas be demonized for removing their mask mandates? Lot of areas in Texas are very remote. Texas is more insular of a state than say New Jersey. Federalism and US legal history typically affords states the latitude to make decisions for themselves based on their populations desires. To what extent does interstate commerce (flying out of Texas for example) justify outside/Federal force to upend Texas sovereignty? Lot of people try to argue Texas is just wrong but it’s deeper than that.

I wouldn’t be sure about this. I have firstnet on a work phone (EMT) and it’s rarely any better than my regular ATT device. While it does have low latency (sometimes 1ms) speed is not any different. I’m actually kind of mad because my department had Verizon before like your link, and it was way faster and worked in more places.

There was also an explosion at BGE building in Baltimore two days back on 23rd

This is a good way of putting it. For example, my neighbor reminds me a lot of my father, in a good way. I make sure I don’t just tell friends about this, but I share it with him (he’s about 30 years older than me). I don’t need to do this, but I express it because I know it conveys how much I appreciate the person being around. Other examples are simpler, such as noticing someone’s flat tire and bringing it up to them, complimenting a new hairstyle etc.

Another time a deli worker at the grocery recommended a good turkey flavor, when I saw him next (it was weeks later) I made sure I told him how much I enjoyed it. I then told someone next to me (unsure of what to get) how the man put me on to a delicious flavor (boars head sausalito FYI). I still say “how are you doing sir” when I see this man working and I’m shopping. He remembers me even masked.

All of this really just involves taking things you notice and instead of keeping it to yourself, sharing it! It’s worth doing! I don’t do it for any selfish reasons (except maybe to keep my observation skills sharp). I genuinely feel an appreciation for sharing things I notice about others as they live their lives. My only hope is it makes them feel good about themselves.

No it’s likely not, arrest records are separate from traffic citations and are two different databases. Also, your race may come from the cop filling out the ticket, or it may come fr9m your license in more advanced jurisdictions. The source for crime statistics is usually not court records, those are held by the courts.

Can you provide some information as to how I could do a cheap GPS setup for a non GPS iPad in a similar manner?

Many feel that policy is easier to grasp than tech algorithms so they feel the solutions are obvious. The amount of competing legal, administrative, and regulatory obligations alone in what can be one policy is way more complex than code. While science is more rigorous, it is easier to build consensus, and it can be done with minimal human contact.

I think CSPAN is the best source for anything government related on the national front. Honestly I even feel NPR can be a little too biased at times. Locally I get a kick out of reading the raw PDFs of proposed policies, strategic plans, city council videos etc. Throw in some opensecrets.org type research if needed. It’s interesting to read the raw truth without interpretation from others. It just takes some practice to know where to look.

My money and politics teacher @ CMU - John Delano said something that has always stuck with me when in doubt about motivations - “in politics, follow the money”.

As a country boy who had to come to the “big city” and leave my hometown behind, I really miss the way of life in the country. Additionally, I come back home occasionally and get this feeling that I’m superior to the lowly bumpkins, even though they know more about engines and tools than I know about statistics. It’s crazy that the wealth gained in the city (which often feels digital, service based, non-physical in nature) imposes this viewpoint. It is what is real and yours that is truly valuable in my opinion.

There are several “times” in a 911 call FYI, it’s not always clear what ones are being used for response time, which is better reported as a median as well.

1. Call time - at 9am Joe calls 911 and reports their cat has fell out of a tree.

2. Dispatch Queue Time - ideally, at 905am or quickly after the call to 911 time, Dispatcher puts this call into the stack for the police officer that works on Joes beat (let’s say normally that is Officer111). This is accompanied by a call out over the radio to Officer111 to see what he’s doing.

3. Officer acknowledge time - usually along with the radio call-out from dispatch, 905am, the event record for Joe and his cat appear on the screen for all the officers in the district. Let’s say Officer111 is at a car crash, and cannot respond. The event record is still on all Officer screens, and Dispatch asks one of the district officers to go help Joe and his fallen cat. Nearby Officer112 “accepts” the call (via radio and on their laptop). It is 906am when Officer112 accepts the task. He is are now enroute (at 906am)

4. Arrival time - it takes Officer112 14 minutes to get to the scene because it is not his beat and he was in traffic. He pulls up at 920am.

5. Clear time - at 930am, the cat is taken off in an ambulance, and Officer112 tells dispatch over the radio to clear him off the fallen cat call.

Dispatch delay - diff between call recieved and being put into the queue

Response time - time from Officer acknowledgement in the queue to arrival time. In some cases it will be recorded with a timestamp when Officer says enroute.

Cleared time - arrival to clear.

My point is the response time is often tricker than it seems. May be straightforward in this case, but mainly wanted to point it out for other readers.

Because it’s use implies Homosexuality, which may or may not be known by the SO. Most SO would forgive cheating with the opposite sex before cheating with the same sex I’d imagine. It’s an extra layer of uncertainty.

I would imagine that if someone is hiding some use of the Grindr app from their S/O, they can be blackmailed. It would be particularly evident due to the location and photo-based tenants of the service. That is exactly why they ask the questions they do on the counterintelligence polygraph

This was a great reminder to secure objects and keep them in the trunk/boot whenever possible.

What if I am using regular charcoal without any lighter fluid because I have a chimney? Still wait for complete white on the Exterior right?

Columbia MD is pretty successful

So when the coals are pure white, that's when to start cooking?

Under armor has some windbreaker-material pants that wear close to sweatpants, but have pockets and are stylish. I find them very comfortable

It very may we’ll be. When I was at CMU (MISM) part of our curriculum discussed distributed systems. Some took it as another tool in the kit, but many came away thinking it was taught to us because it should be how we do things in the field.

West Virginia has tons of cheap lots, some small ones can be had for less than 10 grand.

Go into government and use your expertise to ensure vendors aren’t misleading the government about capabilities, that contracts have the right technical provisions to benefit the people, orgs aren’t employing nefarious technologies, ensuring they are using good methodology to track data, etc. IMO just being a person who can bring up the concerns makes a huge difference and eventually you’ll be able to move into a more policy focused realm.

They have manual adjustments in the engine Bay Area on most cars

They are usually in the bottom of the bumper as a little screw, or on the inside of the engine bay in the front near the top of the radiator. They are in most cars.

Those xB were really a great car and practical. I still remember those Scion meetups they would have where they encouraged an active aftermarket community. For their odd design it has aged well. I still see a lot on the road, I think you'll have no problem getting it to last that long.

What is the purpose is using the 0.095 figure?

If they wait on the side of the road for you to drive by, while they may see you speeding, they usually have to have an official speed in order to serve a ticket - they may pull you over however. The main risk is LIDAR guns, however they must always be still and usually window has to be down (ruling out rainy days, cold days, etc. usually). They may also use "instant on" Ka Band, but in general they will key it up and you'll get the alert. I have indeed been pulled over by a cop who was sitting still while I sped by, but they will typically pull out and come up on you while keying up the radar, at that point you will be alerted and usually slow down before they can get a speed.

If anyone is ever in the situation where they get a ticket every 6months, please buy a good radar detector. Your increased situational awareness will increase, and you'll usually be able to spot a cop.

Throw in waze and you're in a situation where you can basically cruise at 90 for a long distance vs. 75. Escort or V1

Agreed. A huge problem I haven't been able to think of is the (already happening in masse) practice of targeting black people because the data says so. However over time police Dept invests data capture resources in "bad areas" - which may have a lot of black residents. I wonder how to separate the defense that some black areas are obviously bad and why would a dept put surveillance resources in a good neighborhood?

I personally feel it's wrong but that's one thing I've always got hung up on in building a critique.

In regards to the KPIs this is a known reality. Most states get money from the federal gov highway safety program. Then the states disburse it to local police depts, and the expect high numbers of citations (or even warnings) to be reported back up the chain. It is only for DUI that verdicts are considered, and that's only amongst the smarter states. Related to crime, there are NO KPIs based on the final outcome - all on the elements the police are able to carry out and be accountable for on their own. This makes sense in some ways beyond self promotion. I will say also that the general inflation of KPIs in order to justify promotions, grant renewals, etc is RAMPANT in state and local govs, but especially in policing when it comes to new tech investments and promotions

Similar to the butterfly effect in a way.

Looking at a regression model as an example in equation form:

Y = a + bX + e

Some "proportion" of a phenomenon is understood. However, many things are not immediately understood but only seen to be a factor in explaining a phenomena if looking at things from a very complete, long term perspective.

Something which we are unlikely be able to do.

Many people can feel when an action produces a ripple effect. Now think of tons of ripple effects interacting, some influential, some not, etc.

Anyway, back to the equation - we have +e the error term, which is the uncertainty that any such explanation will fully predict how something plays out.

I think what you're getting at is the error term also has characteristics.

One of those properties could be that certain things advance all, others are bad for all. Just to tie it back to your other comments.