The police respond to upstream actions of the prosecutors and judiciary. If the people they are arresting aren't being punished they won't bother arresting them. If people aren't being punished then the population as a whole isn't going to bother reporting them to the police in the first place. This is broken windows theory in action.
> If the people they are arresting aren't being punished they won't bother arresting them.
That’s a weird excuse to be soft on crime.
> If people aren't being punished then the population as a whole isn't going to bother reporting them to the police in the first place.
Well right there is the reason they should still be doing their job. Because you’re right, if the police stop arresting people, why would anybody report crime to the police?
