V_TWIN gets it. Absolutely correct.
I would love it if, in the places/neighborhoods they hate the cops the most, the departments would come out and say....OK. You no longer have to pay the portion of your taxes that go to police, but we’re not patrolling the area nor answering calls in it. Good luck.
When they come screaming and begging for the cops, re-implement their tax contribution but multiply it by 5.
Where I’m at the police attempting to investigate shootings and killings in the “urban” parts of town are met with silence....no one saw anything, no one knows anything and then they black community has the unmitigated gall to complain the police aren’t doing enough.
And they wonder why those areas look like a war zone.
I suspect that’s a common theme around the country.