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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
It's an incredibly complex and multi-factorial thing to consider. I'm not sure there is actually much correlation between number of cops and volume of crime...
For instance, Edmonton has 190 cops per 100k population compared to Calgary with 170/100k...yet Edmonton's crime severity index is much higher (98 vs. 65.7 in YYC)
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/...0/t018-eng.htm
Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg are all higher in both metrics
Ottawa and Quebec City are lower in both.
I'm not arguing any causality in any of this, there are a ton of factors that make it difficult to compare different places.
I suppose we could ask the same questions about firefighters...do more firefighters = fewer fires? Perhaps a marginal difference based on their community outreach/education work, but that leads to a similar resourcing question - are fully trained firefighters the best bang for your buck in that regard? (of course firefighters do more than just fires). |
Honestly, CFD is where the funding should go. They get called out to every single thing (it seems), whether it's fire-related or otherwise.