“Aggressive enforcement needs to be reserved for the most aggressive criminals,” said Thomas Abt, director of the Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction. He added that broad, heavy-handed policing has “limited benefits and a lot of collateral consequences.”

As I've noted before, federal support for local law enforcement can be a great thing, but there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it, and guardsmen on our streets is not what local cops want or need.

Ironically, if anyone could make this claim, it would be Biden: during his administration, the national crime trend turned around, likely due in part to large federal investments in evidence-informed strategies in law enforcement and community-based programs.

This will be a challenge for Trump moving forward: in most cities all around the country, crime has been dropping substantially for a couple of years now. When he and his cronies try to take credit for crime going down, the data won't be there to support them.

Also, would be remiss if I didn't point out that this was a key recommendation of the CCJ Crime Trends working group that Jeff, myself, and many others were part of. www.counciloncj.org/crime-trends...

Also continue to be gratified by the influence of the book around the country. This @vox.com piece talks about it. www.vox.com/politics/373...