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476. What Are the Police for, Anyway?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Only Alternative Is a Police Officer on Every Street Corner

The only alternative is a police officer on every street corner, enforcing through surveillance. And that is an impossible situation. Oucould never fund it, and you'd be a police state if you did. The people have to see the polices,. someone who's on their side to protect them and for the benefit of everybody. I'm guessing that's the same in the ucaa, absolutelyy. But certainly wee really came to improve relationships with black communities in london. Certain parts of the black community in london won't trust the police, and we really came to address that.

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