Of course they're corrupt and abusive. But that's fairly tangential to crime rates unless they take it to an extreme. I think we ought to walk backwards from

Of course they're corrupt and abusive. But that's fairly tangential to crime rates unless they take it to an extreme. I think we ought to walk backwards from your question a bit. Is the position that the police are corrupt and abusive something that I'm supposed to disagree with? Is it supposed to be something obviously untrue (hint: it's not)?