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Up Yours

Nice metric courtesy of Grits – the costs of false alarms.  And the casualties found at the intersection of reliable metrics and public policy. To quote Grits: But as [Former Dallas Police Chief] Kunkle says, this is an instance where tuff-on-crime … Continue reading

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Metrics Gone Wrong: Body Count

From the Washington Post, and which also I heard on the radio this morning, the Colombian army finds a twisted method to meet their performance metrics: But under intense pressure from Colombian military commanders to register combat kills, the army … Continue reading

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