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Comment author: Lumifer 20 August 2015 04:35:27PM 2 points [-]

Create incentives to catch misconduct seems the simplest solution

That effectiveness of this solution depends, in particular on what other incentives are there.

Imagine a poor crime-ridden neighbourhood where police put up "Rat on your neighbours -- we pay for tips!" posters. That's "incentives to catch misconduct", but even if you collect the tip you still have to live in the neighbourhood and I expect that being a known snitch carries a heavy price.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 21 August 2015 01:39:17AM 0 points [-]

Imagine a poor crime-ridden neighbourhood where police put up "Rat on your neighbours -- we pay for tips!" posters.

The bigger problem with that, is that the police will be flooded with false tips.