Throwing resources at the problem is expensive, and runs into budget problems. Reducing the number of police is politically hard to do. Loosening the laws -- or, as your political opponents will inevitably call it, "being soft on crime" -- is similarly difficult.
The most difficult question here is not what we want to change, but how to change it.
If it was easy, it would have been done. The only things in life worth doing are hard.
> The most difficult question here is not what we want to change, but how to change it.
Oh, this one is super simple. The next time you get a parking ticket, speeding ticket, criminal complaint, etc.
Don't check the "guilty" box. Go to court. When the nice prosecutor tells you he'll help you out and waive most of the penalties if you only make a small donation, say "No, thank you. I want a trial." Get your trial. You'll probably lose. And that's fine.
Because if even 10% of us do this ... their entire corrupt system will implode on itself. Assert your rights and the system will revert to the way it was intended to work. No, it's not easy. Yes, it requires personal sacrifice, mostly paid with your time. But it is simple. And it does work.
I haven't pled guilty to any ticket in a very long time.
The most difficult question here is not what we want to change, but how to change it.