Cooperation cut crime in Memphis. Can St. Louis prove it?
Thursday’s numbers from St. Louis are impressive, but they prove very little yet. After Operation Show Me Justice, a surge that began in August, the Justice Department reported 435 arrests, 412 cleared warrants, 166 seized firearms, and 81 kilograms of drugs. Those are outputs. Safety is an outcome, and St. Louis hasn’t shown one yet.
TL;DR
- St. Louis's Justice Department reported 435 arrests, 412 cleared warrants, 166 seized firearms, and 81 kilograms of drugs from Operation Show Me Justice.
- These statistics are considered outputs, not outcomes, as safety has not yet been demonstrated.
- The author differentiates between activity and results, citing an analogy to financial performance.
- The author's experience as an expert witness and in private security informs his focus on outcomes like reduced shootings and community safety.