Perhaps I should open a consulting company. People whose house is on fire could pay me to tell them to spray water on the fire instead of painting the walls.
I think there was a lot more to it and a ton of organizational changes too, but yeah, it doesn’t seem like rocket science.
I think the consent decree was needed but over time it’s created some misguided incentives and been weaponized inside the department for people to play favorites, etc.. Bad culture. I think they’re starting to crawl out of some of those holes. But it’s baby steps.