It's bonkers to me that anyone thinks police activity reduces crime. Look at the crime graphs, 1990 to now. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2D7B/pr

It's bonkers to me that anyone thinks police activity reduces crime. Look at the crime graphs, 1990 to now. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2D7B/production/_119034611_0af9173d-98b2-4ee3-8436-413c9fb808b2-1.png https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/2D7B/production/... Firstly, we're in a very safe historical period. But right wingers try to freak everybody out as their latest wedge issue, no different from prior wedge issues, like scaring people over gay issues or trying to juice turnout by talking about abortion. (The latter recently backfired, of course, but was more effective for them in the past.) It should be obvious from crime graphs that policing does not shape crime rates, it moves on larger trends that are harder to understand.