Re:Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the...
by mschuster91 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:23PM
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> What we want is the police to prevent crime, not stop it.
Police aren't a hammer, that is the first problem.
A lot of crime comes from poverty, drug usage and mental health issues. Fix that and crime goes down, without the followup costs of throwing people into jail where nothing improves in their lives.
Police aren't a hammer, that is the first problem.
A lot of crime comes from poverty, drug usage and mental health issues. Fix that and crime goes down, without the followup costs of throwing people into jail where nothing improves in their lives.