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True, but it all ends up in resources, budgets and priorities. It's a regular project management problem, there are N police officers and NxM crimes to solve (
by 2rsf 6y ago
True, but it all ends up in resources, budgets and priorities.
It's a regular project management problem, there are N police officers and NxM crimes to solve (0<M<∞) at a different cost now prioritize their work.
Invest more in petty crime might have more gain in the future but might lead to more serious crimes in the short term (or not)
- tristor 6y agoThe problem, at least in the US, is what we consider a "serious crime". I don't care about people smoking pot, growing pot, or selling pot. I don't particularly care about people speeding on the highway. I do care a lot about murder, rape, fraud, and theft. These crimes have a massive deleterious impact on social stability and quality of life in my community and have direct (sometimes deadly) consequences for the victims.