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Why do some places have more police presence than others? |
In my little podunk town in Mid-Michigan, population 250,000 or so, there are plenty of cop cars roaming the streets. The population is dwindling, yet you still see the cop cars out and about, looking for speeders, you name it. When I went to college in Ann Arbor, I noticed the police presence was considerably less. You'd see a cop riding around on a bike on campus now and then, and it was rare to see a cop car driving around town. The police were never intimidating. Now in East Lansing, home to MSU, the police were almost paramilitary, riding two to a car, looking for troublemakers... Why do some towns have more of a police presence than others? Is it a liberal/conservative thing? Ann Arbor is liberal, yet it had crime that would warrant a cop presence. I've been to a couple other countries too, and it seems to me that America has more of a police presence than any other country. Does anyone know why? It's budget and need really. Ann Arbor PD is a great department and there are prob more officers there than you realize. It's actually a sizable force but it also has more ground to cover than your small town. LOL MSU.....again a great department and sizable but , I think, with a different approach to policing. Department approach has an affect as well. Some departments are more community policing driven, some aren't. Departments will design their approach around the needs of the community they serve. Lansing is a town with different crime issues than Ann Arbor and, as such, the approach changes. Don't count out Ann Arbor though...I have seen their department at full show when the UofM street riots broke out after a victory by the football team a few years ago. They had presence...had it by the truckload. Revenue. It's all about the money, boys. Wow in Michigan their is many police becuase their are rough territories. It is like their everywhere else 2. they pay for more cops... I think the city votes on how much of their tax dollars will go to it. And then they alot it out. Rich neighborhoods usually have more. the reason that there are more police officers in certain areas is because there maybe more violence and or cirmes there. Police prescence is scaled due to crime in that area, and also how rich the town is. You guys are funny. Do you think that "rich" neighborhoods get more police?? The answer is no. (Nice class warfare tactic, by the way) First of all, police departments usually target higher crime areas with more police presence. Most "rich" neighborhoods have very little crime and very little police patrolling them. Second, about 99% of police officers are type "A" personalities and do not want to be in an area with nothing to do. They do not hang out in "rich" neighborhoods. They go to where the crime happens. I personally like the police "looking for troublemakers". That way, they are stopped or caught before they cause the rest of us trouble. Trying to compare a campus setting to a city police force doesn't work. The two styles of policing are completely different. Crimes obviously happen on a campus, but the type and variety are limited. Without crime stats or personal "beat knowledge" (like where a certain drug dealer sells on Tuesdays), no one can really tell you why the police are in certain spots. Only they know why. |
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