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> We have a crime epidemic and it seems to me like facial recognition can help

But.. do you?

https://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/california/san-f...

Property crime, is up, but not an "epidemic" - that's probably the homeless issue.

Violent crime, it's not any worse than normal.

Your link suggests that property crime in SF is up 40% in the past 5 years while it's down 25% nationwide... The economist and others consider it an epidemic: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/02/16/property-... SF has the worst property crime in the nation

SF has the most reported and documented property crime in the nation

there, I fixed it for you

And the crazier thing is that in my experience SF is much less interested in taking your report than other cities I've lived (even Detroit), so it may even be substantially understated.

Is there a reason to believe SF would be wildly anomalous in its propensity for reporting and documenting property crime?

If not, that nitpick is valid but pointless.

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