1st note to self: The medium is the “mAssage”, not “mEssage”.
2nd note to TM: Good post, appreciate the clarity and definition you give to this.
Here is another critical aspect of this to understand. When the city hall bean counters ask the chief of police why they are spending millions on a SWAT team that was only used 20 times last year, what will happen next year?
The SWAT team will be used 200 times next year, even with no increase in actual crime. They will shoot cats out of trees. Anything to justify the continued large budget. It’s a feedback loop.