Police enforce the law and punish criminals who e.g. steal: they expose themselves to physical risk, and are likely to be accused of racism, lose their job, possibly go to jail. E.g. the recent case of 4 cops going to prison because they tried to arrest a counterfeiter high on fentanyl and he died of OD-induced respiratory failure while being arrested. Arrested criminals are immediately released anyway, so why bother?
Police chill in their cars and don't do anything: little physical risk, won't be accused of racism, won't risk losing job or going to prison.
The incentive structure pretty clearly dictates what police are going to do.
Police enforce the law and punish criminals who e.g. steal: they expose themselves to physical risk, and are likely to be accused of racism, lose their job, possibly go to jail. E.g. the recent case of 4 cops going to prison because they tried to arrest a counterfeiter high on fentanyl and he died of OD-induced respiratory failure while being arrested. Arrested criminals are immediately released anyway, so why bother?
Police chill in their cars and don't do anything: little physical risk, won't be accused of racism, won't risk losing job or going to prison.
The incentive structure pretty clearly dictates what police are going to do.