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They do this in Baltimore, it’s called GVRS. They find and assign risk scores (related to arrest but also some other stuff) and go seek out the person, offer them help or threaten to come down hard on them if they commit crimes

The pilot had a homicide reduction of 30% iirc but we will see over time as it expands to whole city how it plays out




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