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Comment by baldeagle | original | Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras
[−]baldeagle · 2026-08-30 Sun 01:30 UTC · link
It’s hard to say. As the economic got better, trade policies stabilized and the price of commodities and therefore the metals in a converter dropped in value. As the price of the metals went down, the thefts dropped nationally. Texas thefts seemed to have dropped inline with the national trend. Since the supply side issues are picking up again, the thefts are going up likewise.
[−]p_j_w · 2026-08-30 Sun 02:25 UTC · link
If what you say is true it doesn’t sound hard to say at all, it seems clear that the cameras didn’t reduce the thefts at all.