Number Games Police Work- Ensuring The Lowest In Standards

     Number games ensures low quality police work. It also encourages laziness. When numbers are emphasized, including in how officers are evaluated, the standards are set low. The purpose of a police department is to serve and protect, with patrol as the fundamental mission. Generating high numbers of arrests may look on paper, but it is counterproductive at best. Number games, especially in regards to arrests, but also in traffic and other activities, encourages shoddy police work.

       It is not difficult to determine if a police department uses number games. Unfortunately, no one is interested.