It worked in Camden, NJ.

Snake Plissken supports this

Snake Plissken supports this

It hasn't been a failure in Camden, NJ.

If the voters actually go for it in November, I'll make the not so bold prediction that the city's crime rate goes up and it's economy goes down.

It’s not like Camden disbanded the police department in total. They fell under the county law enforcement and those departments were beefed up to handle the work. The 140 member police department went away and the county staff went from 268 to 415. A police force by another name is still a police force.

In reality, Camden’s police restructuring was deeply undemocratic and involved a doubling-down on “broken windows” policing strategies that increased excessive-force complaints. It was only tireless efforts from local activists and watchdogs that eventually pressured the new police force to adopt a new force policy requiring officers to avoid escalation, training them to do so and requiring them to intercede if another officer was incorrectly using force. It is this local activism — not disbanding the police force — that is the key to understanding the gains made in Camden.

Whatever they did others need to copy. Crime down over 40%.

You must Be including traffic tickets.