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submitted 10 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

There's "no consistent association" between police funding and crime rates across the country, according to a published study by University of Toronto researchers.

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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

Imagine a town that every person is a police officer. Think there won't be any crime? I'd argue there'd be the same if not more than one with no police officers, just different types. There'd be no reporting of crime in the police town though...

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