When a criminal is arrested their future crimes are prevented. I think there’s an assumption that crime is random and that people randomly commit them. In that

When a criminal is arrested their future crimes are prevented. I think there’s an assumption that crime is random and that people randomly commit them. In that case it doesn’t matter if you arrest because what’s the point, it’s random. But people usually commit crimes intentionally. And they commit multiple crimes. Fire is different than crime in that it’s not conscious. I don’t think police are alone in preventing crime but they aren’t a last resort. I also think we spend too much on police. And we spend on the wrong things. I want to reform the police to make them more effective.