Right. For example, the Pittsburgh police recently announced that they will not be responding to a whole list of crimes. Burglary in progress? Police will be sent. Burglar has already left? They’ll just take a report over the phone.
People will soon get the idea that it’s not worth making the 911 call. Presto, crime is down.
Exactly. Just like in Tom Clancy's book Debt of Honor: If it's not written down it didn't happen.