Yes, if I threaten to imprison you if any of your friends or family or neighbors commit a crime, I can press you into duty as an unfunded, undefended crimefight

Yes, if I threaten to imprison you if any of your friends or family or neighbors commit a crime, I can press you into duty as an unfunded, undefended crimefighter. We can look to examples of the past of this strategy in action, in the glorious nations of East Germany and the USSR.