You are the one who rants. Neither I nor Lordvader said anything about voting for us.
We aren't trying to scare anyone, but these things have happened. The people responsible want it to happen again and have said so. You'd have to be stupid to ignore that.
I happen to be an administrator of 2 law enforcement agencies. You could not be any more wrong on this point. First let's look at the issue at a glance. You cannot protect your cities if you cannot even defend your borders. You won't have cities to protect. Homeland security is the #1 priority. Don't get that confused. #2 No money has been taken away from any law enforcement agencies. Your point is shot.
Also, law enforcement is a reactionary service. We respond once a crime has been committed. Our presence definitely deters some criminals because with out us you'd have chaos like you saw in New Orleans after Katrina, but that's a passive effect. We don't actively prevent crime, because we don't have the ability to predict the future.
If you think law enforcement can protect you on the street you're insane. We'll come take the report after they tied you up, raped you and robbed you IF they didn't kill you. We'll look for the guys after that, but it still happened. You're on your own no matter where you live.
Boy, as an administrator and if you have a 'reactionary view' towards crime is wrong. True, that you can't stop every crime from happening, but you can take the proactive approach. Take an example of William Bratton, he was the police Chief of NYC and later in LA crime went down in those cities. With people like you working in Law enforcement, I know why crime is up.