SUMMARY - Overpolicing and Underprotection
A neighbourhood is heavily policed, with officers on every corner, stop-and-frisk common, and arrest rates high - and residents feel surveilled rather than protected, over-policed rather than served. The same neighbourhood experiences high rates of unsolved crime, slow response to calls, and dismissive treatment of victims - under-protected despite the constant police presence. A woman reports domestic violence and waits hours for officers who, when they arrive, seem more interested in running her name than in addressing her safety.