High arrest numbers are used to project a phony image that a police department or other law enforcement entity is doing its job. Nothing good comes from choosing quantity over quality.
Besides the phony image projected by high arrests numbers, are there other reasons why some law enforcement entities push for high arrest numbers and other numbers? Do they get funded better? When it comes to narcotics, for example, does the federal government reward police departments and other law enforcement entities with more funding based on narcotic arrest numbers?
Numbers game policing results in shoddy police work at best. There should be no incentives for keeping it alive. Why it remains unchallenged, despite all the calls for police reform, is disgraceful.
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