General Discussion

... pay for cops who don't have anything to do but harass people who are exercising their constitutional rights.

As an adult I've never lived in such a place.

The cops around here don't come when called unless someone is dead, bleeding, or on fire.

Our police department is chronically understaffed and overworked. If someone throws a rock through your kitchen window, steals your Christmas decorations, or graffitis your car (things that have happened to me), they'll ask you to file a report on their web site or in person at the police station.

Visiting the police station is a trip. The clerks are all behind bullet proof glass and you wait for them to call your number. Before covid you shared benches with all sorts of interesting people while waiting but now everyone just mills about outside, keeping their six foot distance.