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Comment by jacobolus | Hacker News Reader

The police are no more responsive (if anything, less) after the progressive DA was recalled. You can’t blame the DA or the voters for this one.

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Definitely can blame DAs for not brining charges. The rule of law is literally the only deterrence to anti-social behavior.

Crime has increased under the new DA…

Seems like the rule of law isn’t much of a deterrence in this case

Crime increased ... or crime reports increased. Perhaps people are now reporting crime because the police and DA will actually do something.

When was the new DA inaugurated?

Changing DAs is not like deploying a software service. It takes time for changes to propagate.

The situation is not unlike steering a barge. It takes time, lots of time for your actions to manifest (and of course you can overcorrect, or undercorrect as you don't see immediate effect).

Jenkins wasted no time disbanding the group within the DA's office that was responsible for investigating and prosecuting police misconduct. The barge ain't that big.

https://missionlocal.org/2022/08/jenkins-removed-prosecutor-...

  In the latest reorganizational move from appointed incumbent District Attorney
  Brooke Jenkins, the attorney prosecuting former police officer Christopher
  Samayoa for the shooting death of unarmed civilian Keita O’Neil will be removed
  from the case. 

  The announcement came in the form of an Aug. 12 all-staff memo from Jenkins,
  obtained by Mission Local. Assistant District Attorney James Conger was the
  last remaining prosecutor hired by ousted DA Chesa Boudin in the Independent
  Investigations Bureau of the DA’s office. That unit investigates police
  shootings and most police misconduct cases that may warrant criminal
  prosecution.

Do you feel that police are fully supported by the citizenry and DA to enforce existing laws?

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