Archive for the ‘police’ tag
China Trains Against Terror #
The Big Picture has a great set about China’s recent “Great Wall 5” drills. Included is the already well-known snap of an armed SWAT team advancing on Segways.
Eliminating Murder #
Last week’s New York magazine had an interesting story examining what it would take to reduce New York’s murder rate — currently lower than it’s ever been — all the way to zero.
There is ultimately no such thing as an irreducible level of violence in the city—violent crime can always go lower. It’s a matter of deciding what costs we’re willing to incur, how much Big Brother we’re willing to let into our lives, how much faith we put in science to curb the excesses of human behavior. Trying nothing new would be the easiest way forward. Surprisingly, that’s a strategy worth deeper consideration.