[wutbrodo]

> No first responder can prevent a crime from happening, all responders arrive after crime has occurred

I've never understood this claim. Are you unaware of the concept of deterrence, or do you reject that it exists?

[Izkata]

"Beat cops" barely seem to be a thing anymore, so I'd guess anyone under 30 might think it's only in movies and TV, if even that.

[abe94]

Which is an issue.

Mamdani and politicians with similar 'progressive' positions are those advocating for reducing them (either through budget cuts, or moving resources to worse initiatives), while the most robust studies on crime have shown beat cops to be pretty effective for reducing crime (see the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment, and other meta analyses)