This is not a troll, but a genuine call to question an assumption: what utility does policing have? I see no evidence that they present any kind of solution to economic or social issues of any kind. They will cage or hurt people or tear apart families to protect insured private property, never mind whatever "moral" aspersions we cast on a given instance of "crime," which is itself a wonderfully flexible and fluid term we bandy about like it has a fixed, equitable meaning.

Let's first scientifically test the wild, unproven assumption that we improve society by threatening each other with violence. I am skeptical, to put it mildly.