Indeed: https://law.justia.com/cases/district-of-columbia/court-of-appeals/1981/79-6-3.html

Y'all crack me up thinking police prevent crime https://twitter.com/klee34036780/status/1280121560028905473

One of the main talking points on the right for years has been that women need guns b/c police respond too slowly to protect them from rapists. Full posters and everything

Now they're all "LOL jk definitely call the people with the 10+ minute response time from your closet!"

ZING! https://twitter.com/andrewq25627201/status/1280124089877872641

Just saw it for the first time last night. Hilarious that he thinks it's going to be effective https://twitter.com/berzerkerbuilds/status/1280124277178671105

It's almost like burglars are more interested in stealing stuff with the least likelihood of being caught https://twitter.com/h33ltoe/status/1280132040768270336

Likely yes: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/nyc-cops-did-a-work-stop-yet-crime-dropped/ https://twitter.com/cassidygavin/status/1280123978380652545

You'd still have investigators; there would still be crimes solved and prosecuted

There's just no overtime in that, or a chance to beat racial minorities for sport, so the average street cop is terrible at it https://twitter.com/cassidygavin/status/1280148461242003456