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ICYMI: Here's a great thread on what happened during this evening's debate on #PropositionB.
Here are a few thoughts, off the top of my head. https://twitter.com/ksatnews/status/1380308743242534912
Here are a few thoughts, off the top of my head. https://twitter.com/ksatnews/status/1380308743242534912
Confused about the numbers on arbitrations? Me, too.
That's why I went back to read this @bchasnoff story from last year about how many officers are returned to the force through arbitration.
Essentially, it depends on how you crunch the numbers. https://bit.ly/2OygrqB
That's why I went back to read this @bchasnoff story from last year about how many officers are returned to the force through arbitration.
Essentially, it depends on how you crunch the numbers. https://bit.ly/2OygrqB
For example, if you look only at cases in which a decision has been made - either through reinstatement or arbitration proceedings - that amounts to 30 out of 43 officers being returned to the force.
Or, about 70 percent, as @fixsapd claims.
Or, about 70 percent, as @fixsapd claims.
However, if you look at all outcomes and you don't include the number of officers reinstated by McManus, that amounts to 10 out of 57 officers being returned through arbitration.
Or, around 18 percent, as the @SAPoliceAssn claims.
Or, around 18 percent, as the @SAPoliceAssn claims.
I would argue that the most fair way to calculate the numbers would be somewhere in the middle - by dividing the number of officers returned by an arbitrator OR Chief McManus, out of all outcomes.
That amounts to 30 out of 57 officers, or 53 percent.
That amounts to 30 out of 57 officers, or 53 percent.
Another point: @SAPoliceAssn's claim that crime will rise in #SATX, as it has in Austin, if Proposition B passes is hard to back up.
Homicides are spiking in San Antonio, too, as I reported here. It was actually the second deadliest year in 25 years. https://bit.ly/3rULZWF
Homicides are spiking in San Antonio, too, as I reported here. It was actually the second deadliest year in 25 years. https://bit.ly/3rULZWF
. @Chief_McManus has said it's hard to pinpoint why homicides fluctuate.
And criminology experts say it’s normal for crime to fluctuate, sometimes for no rhyme or reason.
And criminology experts say it’s normal for crime to fluctuate, sometimes for no rhyme or reason.
Anyhow, I'm going to go make some dinner and hopefully stop crunching numbers in my head.
Hope this thread is helpful!
Hope this thread is helpful!
