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Paying People not to Kill
Police in Richmond, California have been piloting a program for the last seven years that pays a group of potentially violent people to not commit crimes. They use a model to determine the 50 people most likely to be involved in a shooting and pay them to stay out of trouble.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPolice in Richmond, California have been piloting a program for the last seven years that pays a group of potentially violent people to not commit crimes. They use a model to determine the 50 people most likely to be involved in a shooting and pay them to stay out of trouble. And last year, Richmond’s murder rate was the lowest it’s been in 30 years.
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The full episode
3 of 5The Wage War, West Adams’ Old Dairy Farm and Movie Roundup- 0:00IKEA and Gap Raise Wages
- 8:46Silicon Valley and Regulation
- 16:49Paying People not to KillYou’re reading this
- 26:57Movies
- 42:22Revamping Old LA