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You seem to suggest "broken window policing" has to come with abuse of power. But it is in fact the abuse of power that breeds mistrust.

It might work if we had a benevolent AI that could hand out tickets for minor offenses without giving any humans access to the surveillance network necessary to implement such a policy. In the real world we have humans self selecting for a job that requires violence, and then being kept in check by a global fraternity, that values protecting each other regardless of the circumstance.




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