Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
It's clear the psycho-pass rating does have a solid, undebatable basis, otherwise the system wouldn't have such a huge effect in the society. So, it should be impossible to "save" these people by bringing their rating down. After all, at least some of them were brought in before they had a chance to really do any crimes. However, Akane's role might be to make them feel themselves humans once again, not dogs, despite the high rating. A small thing in the bigger picture but it could be a big thing for them personally.
If it's a small thing in the bigger pictures, then is it something Sybil would even bother to assign value to?

The Psycho-pass rating system seems to have real-world corelations, but that doesn't mean you can't bring it down. The rape victim and the factory worker showed that.

Quote Originally Posted by Ryll
Inspectors are just as capable as Enforcers are at locating people and using a Dominator. The difference is Akane doesn't want to view herself as a handler who leads a pack of dogs. She wants to believe they're co-workers. Using someone with a high psycho-pass to track people down just shortens the pursuit, but it isn't a panacea for finding criminals. That much has been made obvious in this episode. Everyone but Akane was useless in even getting them started, no one else used chat circles.
On the other hand, the Investigators were kinda stumped in the factory case due to their sole reliance on Dominators. I wouldn't say investigators are useless, but they're not good at situations where you have the lure the target out (you have to think like criminals, and if you have a high enough aptitude your Psycho-pass follows suit).

In a sense, the naming of these two parties should be switched. The latent criminals are the ones who are doing any real "investigating", while the "government guys" are the ones to enforce the law by pulling the trigger on suspects and fellow co-workers.