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No, but they still have to hear or see those serious crimes to pursue them. No matter how you frame it, where the cops put their boots will necessarily increas
by musingsole 5y ago
No, but they still have to hear or see those serious crimes to pursue them.
No matter how you frame it, where the cops put their boots will necessarily increase crime reporting much like increasing a good's price necessitates a drop in demand.
- merpnderp 5y agoNo for murder they don’t need to be there. Neither armed robbery, rape, shootings, etc. There are a whole class of crimes we have reasonably good statistics on. Not perfect but good enough to know the trend and magnitude.
- xphilter 5y agoThat doesn’t even make sense. If police aren’t trustworthy, why would someone report a crime. Suppose I want to report a crime in my house, that would involve inviting police inside. If I know them to be corrupt (maybe they go snooping or drop some drugs or steal from me), there’s no way I’d put myself in that situation, so I wouldn’t report the crime.
- lazide 5y agoGenerally more applicable to car break-ins and assaults than murders though per the parent post?