I don’t think that increasing police presence and surveillance is the answer to stopping petty crime, it just punishes people who need help and or creates a cor

I don’t think that increasing police presence and surveillance is the answer to stopping petty crime, it just punishes people who need help and or creates a corrupt police dept, exasperating the problem further. If we provide avenues for people to provide for themselves, crime will drop, and we avoid all of the chilling side effects of total surveillance.