I've lived in places where cops don't even show up for theft and burglary. If you want a police report, you're visiting the station where they begrudging take your report and roll their eyes at any implication that they should investigate the crime or look for whoever committed it.
What were the biggest line items on those municipalities' budgets? Police salaries, benefits, pensions and the purchasing and maintenance of law enforcement equipment and assets.
If you visit the police departments' Facebook pages, they frequently celebrate months long investigations on literal children who sell pot to their friends. There's apparently no time to solve potentially difficult-to-investigate crime when there are easy targets out there like kids smoking pot and people speeding.
What were the biggest line items on those municipalities' budgets? Police salaries, benefits, pensions and the purchasing and maintenance of law enforcement equipment and assets.
If you visit the police departments' Facebook pages, they frequently celebrate months long investigations on literal children who sell pot to their friends. There's apparently no time to solve potentially difficult-to-investigate crime when there are easy targets out there like kids smoking pot and people speeding.