The mayor has no authority to cutoff utilities to individuals. Furthermore, in order to cutoff power to a single home, you have to visit the home and shut off power at the meter. Ditto with the water. It’s not like cable television where all someone has to do is type a few keystrokes into a computer to turn off service.
Which means that officers have to accompany utility workers to the home that is causing the trouble. So why not just have the officers deal directly with the unruly homeowners?
They will need more social workers, soon to be Gulag Recruiters.
“So why not just have the officers deal directly with the unruly homeowners?”
Because it’s none of their Fing business.
Are you okay with police showing up at people’s houses because they aren’t wearing masks?
That is a lot of work. Sending the police officers out isn’t efficient either.
Better solution, self guided missiles. Enter the coordinates, push a button problem solved.
What could go wrong.
This may be another reason for the big push on smart meters. Now it is just a few keyboard clicks away.