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Befordshire Police have managed to improve the detection rate in Luton, by bribing remand prisoners to confess to extra crimes in return for favours. I heard on a radio news bulletin that the target-gaming was uncovered when a prisoner confessed to crimes that were committed while he was banged up.
It turns out that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.