[tired&retired]

Then they stopped the death penalty.

Then they made prisons softer

Then they shortened prison sentences.

So police went back to being the executioners.

[ctdonath2]

And not because they choose to, but because the recitivist crimes escalated for want of prevention/aversion.

Good observation.

[DoodleDawg]

So police went back to being the executioners.

For just about any crime under the sun.