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San Francisco's newest beacon of hope, George Gascón, starts his first day as the city's police chief, forcing journalists throughout the Bay Area to learn how to use the accent mark feature. What are Gascón's plans for hotheaded San Francisco? Well, according to SF Chronicle, he wants to "implementing CompStat, a statistics-driven computer program that will help determine crime trends and deployment; improving the homicide clearance rate by sending some detectives to work at district stations; improving ties with the community; changing the way officers are disciplined; and requiring that sergeants give their officers daily missions." In related news, Gascón (who is here sans contract) might not be here for long, since the more desirable LA police chief gig has recently become available.
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Fong set the bar so low and tripped over it so many times that all Chief Gascón has to do is show up and do the job. Especially with those 40,000 inmates hitting the streets soon.
How much will he be getting paid?
Good luck with that.
Pretty soon it will be the ten-year anniversary of the SFPD claiming to be implementing CompStat.
You're right. And the rest of these priorities are the same Fong started out with. (While we're at it, let's remember how Fong herself was touted as a breath of fresh air after the previous leadership was all implicated in Fajitagate.)
didn't know steve martin was a cop.
CompStat... wasn't that the same system that was used on the Wire? Yeah, because that worked out really well. I realize that it's a fictional work (even if it is based on mounds of legitimate research and personal experience), but it also really showed the problems inherent in relying heavily on statistics and how easily they can be gamed to the detriment of everyone.
What we need is more foot patrols. An officer, a radio, and a stout stick... it's not nearly as complicated as they're making it out to be.