order from people deemed dangerous to themselves or others.â
(http://tinyurl.com/y9vhpndd)
So-called âred flag protective ordersâ will not contribute to public safety,
and you can look to another article in todayâs paper to understand why.
"Ramsey County studying why so few sex assaults result in charges â and how to
change that" (http://tinyurl.com/yb3npw4y): Only 11% of cases bring charges,
due to âOverwhelming caseloads for investigators, insufficient training on best
practices for law enforcement officers and prosecutors, as well as a hesitancy
to tackle complicated and time-intensive cases are all part of the problem, the
study found.â
We've already heard about the troubles in foster care
(http://tinyurl.com/yaked523) and other departments. Now we hear that âSt. Paul
Public Schools joins data project to keep at-risk students out of jailâ
(http://tinyurl.com/y88zczkf). The very same Ramsey County Attorneyâs office
that fails on sexual assault investigations is studying âpredicting future
contact with the criminal justice system'?
Apparently there is infinite elasticity in resources to study problems, yet
somehow there's no 'study' to point out that most of these departments are
failing in their work?How much of a study do we need to tell us that the scope
of controlling domestic abuse, sexual assault, foster care, etc. is far beyond
the capability of our government - yet we still want to add more?
The St. Paul Pioneer Press fails to connect the dots on any of this ("For the
sake of the children" http://tinyurl.com/y8fnnqbp). Is there any cognitive
dissonance occurring among St. Paul voters?