Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do

Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by kuboble on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @04:54PM (#36977266)

Where I live we have the electricity bill system that kind of works that way.

The idea is that let us say the normal price of electricity would be e.g. 10c / kwH. To incentivize people to use less electricity we charge 20c/ but the extra 10c go to the fund which at the end of the year is split evenly between all electricity consumers.

So basically everyone pays 20c x consumption -10c x (average consumption).

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Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by mulmen on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:06PM (#36977455)

So your suggestion is that the cops should seize everyone’s property then reallocate it at years end?

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Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by kuboble on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:31AM (#36983435)

No. I'm just pointing out a working system where there is a negative financial incentive used to police the population behavior without the problem caused by making it a profit for whoever creates the policy.

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Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by mulmen on Thursday August 03, 2023 @06:13PM (#36992757)

We don’t need financial incentives in law enforcement. We need to lock up thieves regardless of their attire.

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