It’s the broken windows syndrome, the addressing of which had some good effects in NYC.
As to this, getting agency heads involved is a novel idea and shows original thinking. I hope some good comes of it.
That said, throwing police under the bus, which she has done, is the singular worst move she could have made. What I expect is this experiment will roll on for a while, produce no results, and be quietly abandoned.
Black culture’s gimmedat isn’t going to be improved by this. Baltimore may be beyond help. But like Lucy van Pelt says, “No problem is too big to be run away from.”
Broken windows theory must include enforcing infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies alike. It is not so much about "fixing windows" as about addressing the small things to effect the big things.
"Stop and frisk" was part of the broken windows philosophy of policing, for example.