“We’re not detecting folks,” Tawfik said. “We’re detecting encampments. So the interest is not identifying people because that will be a violation of privacy.”
BUT WHO LIVES IN THE ENCAMPMENTS?! DO 'FOLKS' LIVE IN THE ENCAMPMENTS?!Time to set up tarps at random locations around the city to stretch police resources
What a waste of resources. They just proved sweeps don't change crime rates.
Oh was this about crime prevention? I thought it was simply about giving cops more money and pumping dollerydoos into Silicon Valley's pockets.
Well they also love bullying the homeless; gets the cops something to do that isn’t murdering people over petty crimes and racism. Doesn’t get the public as riled up either, since most are already well practiced in ignoring the unhoused.
Ah yes! The most perfectly San Jose move San Jose could pull. Really compliments their police union boss running a fentanyl smuggling ring for years.
One day they will accidentaly firebomb a boyscout camp and somebody will ask a question "what about 100 homeless encampments we bombed earlier, are we the baddies?" And the answer will be of course 🦗 🦗 🦗
