Is it sure that stepped up police presence is that bad? It sounds like both crime and punishment are actually pretty low, so everyone’s getting what they asked for! Win win?
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Replying to @ColinVParker @A_W_Gordon
Increased police presence on transit seems to deter POC from riding. Not a ton of research out there about it but it's an emerging thing that people are talking about.
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If increased police presence actually deters poc from riding then any data collected while police are onboard is unrepresentative of normal riding conditions; presumably the people who complain about crime on board aren't talking about incidents that happened in front of a cop
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Even if true, it’s kinda weird to then keep complaining about crime, after you get bumped up policing and low crime. A better hypothesis might be that “crime” is a rationalization for “I feel uncomfortable” which is harder for cops to address.
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Not "uncomfortable" but rather unsafe, as the article itself says: “People need to feel safe. I’m not sure that they do — I know they don’t.” I agree it's hard for cops to address this--as long as cops are involved at all, people are bound to be more guarded and anxious...
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Replying to @380kmh @ColinVParker and
...but this only serves to emphasize the basic point, which is that *people shouldn't have to feel unsafe,* whether on the train or just in their neighborhood.
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Baltimore LRT should operate more frequently, its stations should be improved and staffed, and their environs (as well as the trains themselves) should be *impeccably* clean and safe, the aspiration of other businesses in the area. It's not a matter for cops, but for the MTA.
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