Thin blue line

I don't know much about the internal workings of the police.
Seems this guy does.
Not keen on performance pay for the police.
Are you listening, National?

"One day I was hauled into the Inspector's office.  He tells me my arrests are down.  He says I should have locked up that young guy last night for smoking cannabis instead of washing it down the drain on Albert Street outside the Shakespeare Tavern.  I asked him why - it was just a minor cannabis offence and I was a Detective Constable.  I had better things to do - I needed to keep my time free for serious crimes.  Inspector Fancy Degree tells me it is likely when you arrest these perps that they will have knives on them.  Then you charge them with possession of a kinfe.  The ones from West Auckland will then not come back to the city because they cops are too tough on them, says Inspector Fancy Degree.  They will commit their crimes out West.  Our stats will look good, he tells me.  We have performed!"