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TheSimulacra t1_ixpg8or wrote

Reply to comment by Scrilla_Gorilla_ in BPD: we are severely understaffed. also BPD: we gotta protect people from this puddle by Whoevenknows94

No no no, you misunderstand:

When the crime rate is high, it's because the cops are doing their best but the city isn't giving them enough money.

When the crime rate is low, it's because the cops are doing a great job and should be rewarded with more money.

Hope that clears things up.

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KylesHandles t1_ixqh1om wrote

We've seen what happens. People cried about too much police presence in their neighborhoods. So BPD did as they said and lessened patrols. The crime rate then skyrocketed. So then people bitch that BPD isn't doing their jobs. They can't win.

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TheSimulacra t1_ixrybly wrote

>They can't win.

Then maybe they should give up their huge salaries and pensions to people who can

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Scrilla_Gorilla_ t1_ixwd3zz wrote

The issue here is that people by and large considered police presence in their neighborhood a bad thing. There is a middle ground between being absent and being considered problematic. I would call that middle ground ‘good policing.’

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