Having police officers patrolling the streets is often considered an essential way to reduce crime. How effective do you think police street patrols are? What other ways of reducing crime can you propose?

To keep citizens’ lives safe, patrols put a high effort into looking after

people

in the

street

. In my opinion, having

street

policies is not the most effective way to prevent

crimes

and there could be another way to reduce them better.

This

essay aims to present why it is not too effective and how it could be improved.

To begin

with, even though there are many cops working in the

street

, they can not cover every single corner of the

street

.

That is

,

people

who want to commit

crimes

always can choose a place where there are no controls of authorities. It is exemplified by Sao Paulo, Brazil, as they still have a huge amount of

crimes

although

the Government inputs more

street

policies.

Therefore

, it is necessary to examine if it is functioning well indeed.

In addition

to

this

, those human resources could focus on more serious issues in demand, because

street

police do not always witness crime scenes, probably it might be waste of time for less likely possibilities.

Instead

, they could locate policies for cases

such

as serial killer investigations or drug dealer issues. In

this

sense, police could raise the effectiveness by focusing on the more urgent situations. To reduce the crime rate, some alternatives can be introduced.

Firstly

, setting more CCTV helps a lot to track crucial moments, since it records what human beings can not always have eyes on. To illustrate, in Korea, crime rates are lower than in many other countries as CCTVs are common in the

street

. For

this

reason, police can use data recorded by CCTVs and find clues easily.

Secondly

, giving stricter punishment will make

people

fear doing illegal acts, meaning that they have to spend more time in jail or pay higher fines. In

this

regard, it is essential to establish a strict system to prevent accidents by law. In conclusion, some

people

might think

street

patrolling helps stop

crimes

, but I think it is closer to symbolic actions with no high effectiveness only. They can not control all the places and they could focus more on the demanded area.

Therefore

, setting more CCTVs and having stronger penalties by law will contribute to decreasing problems in our society.