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		lupire on June 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fighting crime by checking buildings, not suspects > Community improvement should be the focus of policing efforts. Why drag police into this? The basic problem with policing is sending in strangers with guns to do social work. The PD isn't the only city agency.

RajT88 on June 26, 2022 [–]

To your point, yes police should have a smaller scope than they do.

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