A lot of it is political. Where sheriffs, judges, prosecutors are elected officials there can be intense rhetoric. People want to be re-elected and the we are

A lot of it is political. Where sheriffs, judges, prosecutors are elected officials there can be intense rhetoric. People want to be re-elected and the we are protecting you is a fail safe argument. That's starting to turn with proposals for police reform but what is clear is that there's not a lot of data collection and evidence based analysis in policy making.