> Why? Isn’t the purpose of law enforcement to protect society?
Hereabouts Law Enforcement is largely about revenue collection. Speeding tickets and Drink Driver Blitzes are immensely profitable and impossible to criticize.
Catching drug dealers is dangerous.
Clamping down on youth gangs is just plain hard work that cannot be done from inside a squad car. It requires you to get out onto the street on foot in numbers and go up and talk to the little dears...
...much too hard. Much easier to park outside the local tavern and catch a few drunks.
Why? Isn’t the purpose of law enforcement to protect society?
The sad truth is the law enforcement nowdays are only uniformed crime reporters. Crime prevention is by happenstance. It is easier to clamp down on law abiding citizens driving too fast or throwing something out of the car.
The old days of law enforcement being able to do something about animals like this are long gone and will not return soon.