“Since 2013, the total number of working sworn officers has fallen by about 23,000. The number of officers per capita is down even more sharply, from 2.42 per 1,000 residents in 1997 to 2.17 officers per 1,000 in 2016.”
I would normally say that a cop shortage is a good thing because this means that the police will have to focus on real crimes instead of victimless crimes like drug possession or dealing. But what will no doubt happen is that police will still focus on victimless crimes and leave actual criminals to walk the streets and molest us.
3:06 pm on December 12, 2018
