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Less than a quarter the cost! It pays for itself four times over! On top of just being the obviously right thing to do, functionally and morally!

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In the first six months of operation, low-level crime went down 34% in the places where STAR was operating, and a visit from the STAR team cost 23% of a police visit.

The study also found a dramatic reduction in the cost of response for individual calls. Dee said they calculated the cost for STAR came out to be $151 on average for each of the criminal offenses reduced, based on the program’s budget and the estimated 1,400 crimes reduced. That’s more than four times less expensive than the typical law enforcement response with an estimated average of $646 for minor criminal offenses. “Arresting the person, processing them in jail, keeping them in jail, prosecuting a low-level offense, the cost is over four times larger,” Dee said. “What this suggests to us is that community response programs, like STAR, are not only effective, they’re extraordinarily cost-effective.”
A study out of Stanford University found promising results from the first six months of the program. The study, co-authored by Professor Thomas Dee, saw a 34% drop in low-level crimes reported in precincts STAR was operating from June 2020 to December of that year, compared to precincts where the program didn’t have a presence.
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MAnome.bsky.social

And hell - taking duties away from police (because they're bad at it, dangerous, and also often racist) and giving them to experts? That's how we got Ambulances. How we got EMS and paramedics responding to medical crises. It's an obvious good, with a good history.

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⚠ Not as funny as he thinks he is ADHD, TTRPGs, Queer Shit, Nerd Shit, History, Animals. Will yell about Star Trek on demand. Queer, Disabled, He/Him 🐦@NomeDaBarbarian 🐘@Nome@Dice.Camp 💰 ko-fi.com/nomedabarbarian 📌 Denver
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