New York City, you are free to totally abolish your police department.
Teach the world a lesson!
Yes. Social workers, idealistic adolescents and Hare Krishna chanters can be the answer. Worth a try against wild eyed criminals with knives and guns.
The late Paramahansa Yogandanda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi, which in its uncensored early editions now made available again by a different publisher, had scathing attacks on Muslims):
“If you have a strong will you can overcome all difficulties. Affirm, even in the midst of trials: “Danger and I were born together, and I am more dangerous than danger!” This is a truth you should always remember; apply it and you will see that it works. Don’t behave like a cringing mortal being. You are a child of God.”