That is a terrible analogy. Someone is starting these fires. The police go in and take care of it, the DAs literally release them with zero or nearly zero cons

That is a terrible analogy. Someone is starting these fires. The police go in and take care of it, the DAs literally release them with zero or nearly zero consequences to the offender and the next day (often literally) they are starting "fires" again. We are human, not machines, we are not idealized automatons.