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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by whall6 on Monday August 30, 2021 @06:49PM (#28361850)
Aren’t there like way more police per capita in the UK though?
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by gremloni on Monday August 30, 2021 @07:27PM (#28362157)
I don’t feel like that’s a bad thing. Way more non deadly police are a good thing in my opinion.
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by effingwewt on Monday August 30, 2021 @08:54PM (#28362800)
Seriously I'd rather have a 10x increase in police if it meant no firearms.
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Re:NYC major crime complaints fell when cops took a break fr... by rich_sasha on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @03:04AM (#28364779)
No idea, but if anything my impression would be the opposite.

I know from a police officer friend of mine that on badly-staffed nights, Oxford (an affluent city of about 180k people) only had 2-4 officers on call. For anything from a bar fight to murder. You don’t get these American-style 10 police car buildups, unless it is literally a national emergency.

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