Perhaps we should pay law enforcement based on a lack of crime. Less crime? More pay. More crime? Less pay. Of course, how are we counting "crimes"? By those t

Perhaps we should pay law enforcement based on a lack of crime. Less crime? More pay. More crime? Less pay. Of course, how are we counting "crimes"? By those they actually arrest? They'll just stop arresting. By the number of complaints reported by citizens about crime? Perhaps? I bet there's also some unintended consequence even with this scheme, but I'm feeling lazy just now.