I'm curious why in those places you mentioned better use of police enforcement? I haven't done much living (or even traveling outside of major tourist areas) in

I'm curious why in those places you mentioned better use of police enforcement? I haven't done much living (or even traveling outside of major tourist areas) in France and Italy but living in Berlin I can honestly say I don't think I ever felt unsafe. Contrasting that to the US and China (and I know you're not saying the US is better, it's just what I'm more familiar with) in the US I would worry about either 1) being attacked by a mentally disturbed person or robbed and the police not caring unless it was life threatening or 2) being shot by police (I'm brown). In China it was totally different, the only thing I'd worry about there is being injured by or offending a well connected person who seem like they operate with relative impunity (I have visceral memories of Lambos and Ferraris parked on public sidewalks and no one would touch them because if you could afford them you were well connected enough that you could destroy whatever cop messed with you)