There’s “no consistent association” between police funding and crime rates across the country, according to a published study by University of Toronto researchers.
I mean, the data is only about funding rates that actually exist. No law enforcement at all would be jumped on by organized crime (that’s called a power vacuum, and isn’t a thing in Canada), but apparently an especially light police presence is no different from a heavy one.
What it most directly supports policy-wise is scaling down the local police a bit. The real work will still get done by whatever investigative teams.
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I mean, the data is only about funding rates that actually exist. No law enforcement at all would be jumped on by organized crime (that’s called a power vacuum, and isn’t a thing in Canada), but apparently an especially light police presence is no different from a heavy one.
What it most directly supports policy-wise is scaling down the local police a bit. The real work will still get done by whatever investigative teams.
Yeah I totally agree.