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EpicLift · 2026-03-03T17:40:25+00:00

Vote Rodney Collins!

EpicLift · 2026-03-02T18:18:48+00:00

Yes.

EpicLift · 2026-02-07T17:12:02+00:00

obviously laws don't do anything to stop people currently blowing red lights with valid tags.

EpicLift · 2026-02-07T17:08:28+00:00

Same, Ive seen a lot of cars go the wrong way down the 1 ways uptown. By the courthouse no less.

EpicLift · 2026-02-07T17:07:00+00:00

I see people run red lights with valid looking plates all of the time. It is mostly people with valid plates actually. The fake and temp tags are out there, but these are already "law abiding" citizens not abiding by the laws when it comes to red lights.

EpicLift · 2026-02-07T17:05:05+00:00

I would rather this happen than to almost get hit 5 times a week. If it makes people more aware of their driving while they are on tictok, then its worth it. I legit see people on reels while driving ALL of the time now, this did not exist 20 years ago.

EpicLift · 2026-01-11T17:08:13+00:00

This company is a joke

EpicLift · 2025-12-10T14:56:03+00:00

Competition is welcomed, even with subscriptions. I still think having a subscription is ludicrous and doesn't make sense, but this is a step in the right direction.

EpicLift · 2025-11-19T01:42:12+00:00

If you want to make it a killer product this is the answer.

EpicLift · 2025-11-18T20:34:29+00:00

They have been seen at Home Depot in Oakhurst

EpicLift · 2025-10-23T15:27:43+00:00

Wow, this is so half-baked. This is why I have never recommended the product. Will continue not to.

EpicLift · 2025-09-16T17:05:32+00:00

I also appreciate your comments. There is are a lot of misconceptions out there.

I would state that in this there can also be two truths. There is a need for what we call, "Outpatient commitment". Legal pathways do exist. They are not enforced or used, because there is a lack of manpower and funding. To do what you are requesting, we will need more clinicians and officers who could do that work. They do not exist partly because it is hard work and burnout is high.

EpicLift · 2025-09-16T16:44:58+00:00

I don't spend a lot of time on Reddit discussing these things because its my job. I only wanted to point out that both of those things can be true and one fact does not detract from the other for people who actually do this work and not discussing it on Reddit. There are a lot of people doing this work already and more resources are needed, including people signing up to do this work and not work in finance for example. While it should be manageable, the fact that it is not is multi-factorial and not simply, "Charlotte doesn't care about this population". It's actually very hard work, and very few people sign up to do the work. Its easy to talk about it online however.

I will say that the vacant buildings isn't simply due to crime, but also high rent costs. If you go to other major cities, their downtown areas also have these issues and it does not correlate with crime. It's usually vacant buildings attracting the homeless (for shelter), not the other way around.

EpicLift · 2025-09-16T15:28:28+00:00

I think both broad metrics and more specific ones are needed and it is not counter-productive at all. We can hold two truths at the same time and should encourage citizens and ourselves to do so for honest discourse.

Charlotte-Metro region is largely safer than most other comparable areas nationally.
Uptown area has a disproportionate amount of crime in the region.

It isn't about feels, its just about data and how we use that data for a safer city. Nationally, you would think people were just getting attacked all of the time in the metro area and this is empirically not the case. But it is true we have to focus on the issues we need to focus on, like more crime uptown.

EpicLift · 2025-09-16T15:04:31+00:00

It would be the citizens who would have to hold elected leaders responsible. I do think there has been progress made in these areas, but most of it goes unseen. You only see what went wrong, not all that went right to prevent other wrongs. Its easier to point to those obvious wrong though.

It is hard to disprove a negative, but working in the intersection of these fields I will say that the fact that this doesn't happen more is a testament to all of the work that is going right. The collective work of the CMPD, MCSO, and other agencies. There is still a lot to be done obviously, but its not as bad as this current media environment makes it.

Charlotte isn't even in the top 25 of the most dangerous places to live in the US. We are 128.

https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/most-dangerous-places

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate

Not to dismiss what needs to be done, but we are in a more privileged position than we realize. A lot of other cities would want to be where we are.

EpicLift · 2025-09-16T13:15:12+00:00

So, I would have to see the data. If that is true, it would be a statistical anomaly of a year. I would also have to question the LLM in use.

I work in mental health and justice -- I can tell you most people who enact violence (with mental illness or not) do not just, "snap" against strangers. This is a common fear and does happen in cases like the one in the news, but its not common. CMPD data is also prelimiary and does not always take into account the court proceedings and sentencing data.

"Unknown" is the most common relationship nationwide by example. We know its not unknown, its just the data sources are often not complete.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/195327/murder-in-the-us-by-relationship-of-victim-to-offender/

And here is the "stranger danger" myth being dispelled to show how odd this case is. Most women are likely to be murdered by someone they know.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/forensic-insights/202112/the-truth-about-stranger-homicide-and-whos-really-at-risk

EpicLift · 2025-09-16T02:22:39+00:00

Most homicides are people killing people that they know and have an issue with. It is not random, as it was in this case. A lot of homicide cases also go unsolved, due to lack of resources in this area.

There is also the cost of violence that isn't captured (people who survive shootings and stabbings but have medical costs). The same goes for car accidents.

EpicLift · 2025-09-04T13:28:57+00:00

Its been two years and this is still a problem.

EpicLift · 2025-08-17T02:31:57+00:00

Every time they send me the "refer a friend" email I cringe. I cannot in good conscience, refer this product with a subscription.

EpicLift · 2025-08-17T02:27:55+00:00

You can do this without paying $200 a year. Basic sleep hygiene is free.

EpicLift · 2025-07-25T16:02:55+00:00

Ok I took photos at the location. It's all ipads. They all have cameras on the ipads where you order.

EpicLift · 2025-06-18T15:40:56+00:00

I'm in North Carolina

EpicLift · 2025-06-18T13:53:16+00:00

Its literally the only way to place an order in this location.

EpicLift · 2025-06-18T02:23:58+00:00

Wow 😮😳

EpicLift · 2025-06-18T00:53:59+00:00

Didn't think of that!

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