"And a strong study in the UK found that when they were deployed to crime hot spots, we actually saw a reduction in crime and disorder,"
"So it's fairly clear that some kind of uniformed government presence, that doesn't have to be the police, can have at least on the surface level a deterrence value."
"We know that violent crime is concentrated both in place and in people. So about 10% of offenders account for about 50% of violent crime. And then about 10% of the most active places account for about 50% of violent crime in a city,"
Federal National Guard deployments place uniformed military personnel in visible roles within cities without direct policing powers. Guard members have been stationed near tourist sites and assigned routine tasks like picking up litter. Research from the United Kingdom showed that uniformed, non-police community officers deployed to crime hot spots reduced crime and disorder. The Guard’s military identity and deployments to cities that did not request them could generate public resentment. It is unclear whether deployments follow evidence-based hot-spot strategies. Decades of research indicate violent crime concentrates in a small share of offenders and places, enabling data-driven targeting to maximize deterrence.
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