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Maybe it is not particularly high crime because police get 28% of the budget.


Mountain View police took more action against drug abuse than against robbery, rape, aggravated assault, and homicide combined by over a factor of 2. [0] They only cleared 60% of those violent crimes.

Maybe they should redirect more of their budget to investigating violent crime. What's the evidence for your conclusion?

[0]: https://www.mountainview.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx...




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