Police have nothing to do with homicide rates going up. People are gonna kill, pure and simple. However, there are a few things they can do to respond.
1. They can clear the case with a legitimate arrest of the murderer. The rest is up to the prosecution, evidence and witnesses.
2. They can be aggressive with their enforcement, while not being an occupying force. However, now, with incidents like Baltimore, NYC, Ferguson, cops aren’t about getting out there and doing their jobs.
3. They can do what they can to get violent offenders off the street anyway they can, whether it be for spitting on the sidewalk or agg assault.
But, all of that is an exercise in futility if the court system can’t do it’s job, due to a citizenry that doesn’t give a damn. If the folks don’t care, then the lives they live are they lives they want. Ya’ can’t fix stupid.
So let me understand your thinking. Because the citezens dont give a damn, and the courts are effed up, a chief who is also not doing his job gets a pass? I mean he’s Massachusetts scum, but he can stay on, because in te land of the blind, the one-eyed chief is king?