[Richard Kimball]

Obviously, we have defeated our crime problem. Half the police in Texas are either running radar traps to catch people doing five miles over the speed limit or seeking to give someone a criminal record for no good reason.

[D.P.Roberts]

Same problem here. We have a college in town, so the police department gets a larger budget and more personnel. But the college is a seminary and the kids are well behaved so all the cops have to do is sit on speed traps.

[CSM]

"...or seeking to give someone a criminal record for no good reason."

Oh, don't be fooled, there is a reason:

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957)