A shortage means not enough to achieve the desired outcome. In the example of New York, the very wealthy and heavily policed city, even a very cursory google s

A shortage means not enough to achieve the desired outcome. In the example of New York, the very wealthy and heavily policed city, even a very cursory google search will show you the NYPD's own clearance statistics reporting, and the many articles written about the same, that show while police spending has increased, violent crime clearance rates have decreased. Police do not function to keep us safe (nor are they legally obligated to protect us), their sole purpose is protecting capital. Perhaps if we asked police to do less, paid them less, and eliminated their impunity to function as an occupying gang, they would be less violent and people would hate them less, and they'd be able to hire more easily. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crime-without-punishment-new-york/ https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/crime-without-punishmen...