Effective and reliable law enforcement is a very fast way to go from a low trust society to a high trust society. You can leave your expensive valuables unatten

Effective and reliable law enforcement is a very fast way to go from a low trust society to a high trust society. You can leave your expensive valuables unattended and be certain they won’t be taken. Cameras result in higher solve rates, which results in lower crime rates, which results in even higher solve rates. Meanwhile, in the Bay Area (one of the most economically productive regions of the world) even attempted burglary is functionally not a crime: if there is no footage, nothing was taken, it’s not an active crime, and the value of your smashed window is under some threshold, police will direct you to fill out a form online which will almost certainly not result in an investigation or arrest. Worse yet, if you report to insurance, you will be punished in the form of higher premiums.