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Sounds like the problem is lack of resources, not lack of police. Why don't you team up with your neighbors instead of trash-talking them? by your own avowal police aren't doing anything useful for your community either; what percentage of the local budget do they get, and why isn't any of that going into your community?

>>anigbr+(OP)
What good will teaming up with his neighbors do for that? It sounds like the local population has given up. Also for the police there are a few other things that could be of concern:

1. It's not a priority area to be fixed. (Police aren't doing much to address the crimes that have been commited)

2. The police aren't getting a lot of cooperation from witnesses ("don't snitch" which benefits gangs and gang retailiation.. again supporting the cycle of crime)

3. Is it the police are being held back from the region (that would be a corruption issue)

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Anyways, police can fix the problem behavior instantly. Murders don't view their behavior as concerning. They tend not to have a lot of things stopping them on lessor crimes either. Programs take years to be fully affective. (If not decades)