Quote (Ghot @ Jun 11 2020 09:04am)
https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/confessions-of-a-former-bastard-cop-bb14d17bc759Quote
It’s also important to note that well over 90% of the calls for service I handled were reactive, showing up well after a crime had taken place. We would arrive, take a statement, collect evidence (if any), file the report, and onto the next caper. Most “active” crimes we stopped were someone harmless possessing or selling a small amount of drugs. Very, very rarely would we stop something dangerous in progress or stop something from happening entirely. The closest we could usually get was seeing someone running away from the scene of a crime, but the damage was still done.
ACAB
The whole thing is a good read.