Or, in a police state, the point isn't solving crimes. In my city, any protest over a half dozen people gets a police response. However they may show up a cou

Or, in a police state, the point isn't solving crimes. In my city, any protest over a half dozen people gets a police response. However they may show up a couple hours late to you being robbed, but will probably tell you to go to their website and file a report they won't follow up on. Paradoxically, as you reach more and more of a police state, the point of the police isn't to solve or prevent crimes. It's to use violence against threats to the police state.