Miami Dade arrests rates over last decade research question

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Good afternoon, I am currently conducting a research paper regarding the arrest and incarceration rates in Miami-Dade. My research has shown that from 2008 through 2014, arrests declined gradually. For instance, 2008-25,000 total arrests versus 2014-20,000 arrests. However, from 2015-through 2018 the decrease was very sharp. From 2015-18,275 to 13,839 in 2018. The sharpest areas were in theft, drugs, and vehicle thefts. Can anyone advise why the arrest rates dropped so significantly? Were notices to appear increased? Were there policy changes? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Overall, the arrest rates have decreased almost by half over the past decade.

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Good afternoon, I am currently conducting a research paper regarding the arrest and incarceration rates in Miami-Dade. My research has shown that from 2008 through 2014, arrests declined gradually. For instance, 2008-25,000 total arrests versus 2014-20,000 arrests. However, from 2015-through 2018 the decrease was very sharp. From 2015-18,275 to 13,839 in 2018. The sharpest areas were in theft, drugs, and vehicle thefts. Can anyone advise why the arrest rates dropped so significantly? Were notices to appear increased? Were there policy changes? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Overall, the arrest rates have decreased almost by half over the past decade.

Its two fold a change in mayors and a change in directors. Arresting bad guys is the only thing that lowers crime rates. Liberals argue crime is low and arrests are low. These current arrests are lack of effects the future. The mass arrests of 2006-10 is what pushed crime down.

Past two directors were not enfircement oriented but benefitted from prior years arrests. Dismanthing TNT, downsizing warrants and RID and dismantling some CST due to the “ ferguson effect” resulted in diminished arrests

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Mainly the department moved away from any form of proactive policing (broken windows theory), and disbanded anti narcotics and robbery units. They did this as pressure from a few community activists and a result of what went on in cities were subjects were killed and violence erupted.

The trend you are seeing is a result of that and a lack of encouragement from command to do even basic law enforcement tasks outside of report writing, such as traffic enforcement, which generally can lead officers to find other things that are arrestable (guns, warrants, narcotics, et Al.)

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Sorry for the typos on my iPhone.

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If you pull the citation amounts you should see a steep downward trend as well.

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Good afternoon, I am currently conducting a research paper regarding the arrest and incarceration rates in Miami-Dade. My research has shown that from 2008 through 2014, arrests declined gradually. For instance, 2008-25,000 total arrests versus 2014-20,000 arrests. However, from 2015-through 2018 the decrease was very sharp. From 2015-18,275 to 13,839 in 2018. The sharpest areas were in theft, drugs, and vehicle thefts. Can anyone advise why the arrest rates dropped so significantly? Were notices to appear increased? Were there policy changes? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Overall, the arrest rates have decreased almost by half over the past decade.

We hug the arrestable people now and help them find jobs so they won’t steal. We also don’t view low level narcotics as a crime or community issue anymore.

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I would love to see a breakdown when you get all the data. There is no doubt enforcement is down. Every officer knows this.

Is your data taking into account every agency in Dade county or just the Miami-Dade PD? You must consider that stats for MDPD will be skewed downward due to cities incorporating with their own PD’s and taking away stats. Miami Gardens PD and Doral Are examples.

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Mainly the department moved away from any form of proactive policing (broken windows theory), and disbanded anti narcotics and robbery units. They did this as pressure from a few community activists and a result of what went on in cities were subjects were killed and violence erupted.

The trend you are seeing is a result of that and a lack of encouragement from command to do even basic law enforcement tasks outside of report writing, such as traffic enforcement, which generally can lead officers to find other things that are arrestable (guns, warrants, narcotics, et Al.)

Spot on! But add to that the lack of investigative experience, in investigative units mostly at the district level (GIU), that are supposed to do follow-up investigations to those road officers discouraged from doing pro active policing. God help the citizens and businesses of Miami-Dade County that expect police to put criminals in jail that burglarize their homes, steal their products and attack and stalk their loved ones.

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Spot on! But add to that the lack of investigative experience, in investigative units mostly at the district level (GIU), that are supposed to do follow-up investigations to those road officers discouraged from doing pro active policing. God help the citizens and businesses of Miami-Dade County that expect police to put criminals in jail that burglarize their homes, steal their products and attack and stalk their loved ones.

ANd GIU is really not doing what they would normally. Now with the shootings being the priority in South they have only 2-3 detectives doing burglary and normal GIU investigations. The rest (90%) are only working the shootings. So any burglary or other traditional crime cannot be investigated because the volume is too great.

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Mainly the department moved away from any form of proactive policing (broken windows theory), and disbanded anti narcotics and robbery units. They did this as pressure from a few community activists and a result of what went on in cities were subjects were killed and violence erupted.

The trend you are seeing is a result of that and a lack of encouragement from command to do even basic law enforcement tasks outside of report writing, such as traffic enforcement, which generally can lead officers to find other things that are arrestable (guns, warrants, narcotics, et Al.)

Probably the same activists that advocate not to hire any Anglos!