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After 9 months, the New Orleans Police Department’s use of facial recognition has resulted in zero arrests and multiple false positives (lailluminator.com)
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[–] karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Serious question, what is the right number of officers for a city that size? 1 officer per 400 people or so doesn't sound very low to me.

[–] SangriaFerret@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

NOPD's stated goal is 1600, a ratio of 1:227 persons.

The actual ratio is 1:385

Cleveland, similar in size to New Orleans, has a ratio 1:310. They also state that they are suffering from a serious police shortage.

By comparison:

NYC has a ratio of 1:166

Chicago 1:180