that's great as an election promise and everything for voters that are sort of clueless on the topic, but every study ever done has indicated that putting more cops on the street doesn't reduce crime, it just puts more people in jail. it's the "disincentivize" canard based on homo economicus that has been thoroughly debunked over and over again.

it's kind of sad that i'm sitting here criticizing the ndp for not understanding crime prevention, and not focusing on root causes. but, i understand that people have warped perceptions, and there's an election going on. what i want to hear - and what more educated members of the affected communities are going to want to hear - is that in addition to the pointless policing increase, there will be funding for crime *prevention* in the form of social programs.

a few years ago, i'd take that for granted. nowadays, i think that needs to be articulated, so i'm not left thinking that they're pushing the same stupid, failed policies that don't work.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tom-mulcair-promises-250m-for-2-500-new-police-officers-1.3196461