[Vigilanteman]

Actually, police need to be allocated based on need, not population. Andy and Barney are plenty for a whitebread town like Mayberry. You’d need a bigger ratio in a $h*+hole third world city like Baltimore.

[GOPJ]

Your theory is what's happening now...it's how policing done in large cities ... And it's not working. It's not working for the cops - and it's not working for the community. It's also NOT working for taxpayers.

Police are assuming the responsibilities of missing fathers, inept teachers, and strong ‘older brothers’. It's not healthy.

The ways police are distributed in cities today works in the short term but definitely fails in the long term.. And no, crime hasn't 'gone down' as much as people think - must of it is fudged statistics (for cities to stay 'job competitive').

A way to break toxic cycles is to switch incentives back to something healthy. And that does NOT include babysitting the black community.

[GOPJ]

Your theory is what's happening now...it's how policing's done in large cities ... And it's not working. It's not working for the cops - and it's not working for the community. It's also NOT working for taxpayers.

Police are assuming the responsibilities of missing fathers, inept teachers, and strong ‘older brothers’. It's not healthy.

The ways police are distributed in cities today works in the short term but definitely fails in the long term.. And no, crime hasn't 'gone down' as much as people think - must of it is fudged statistics (for cities to stay 'job competitive').

A way to break toxic cycles is to switch incentives back to something healthy. And that does NOT include babysitting the black community.