Historically, the U.S. has always had a relatively low density of LEOs per X-thousand citizens, when compared to many other countries. We just didn't need a cop on every corner.
LEO budgets come from tax dollars, and we all know how folks feel about paying out more tax dollars. (Forget the arguments about allocation of tax monies, okay?) So, there is only so much that any LEO agency can do.
But we already know that.
So the gripe is not with the rank-and-file LEOs. They do all they can do in the time they have--and get little thanks. The gripe is with the political types who have bought into the Big Nanny view of government, with the implicit belief that they, and only they, are competent to deal with our various social problems. Ya gotta include sheriffs, police chiefs, mayors and those sycophants, the mediahcrities.
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