&gt; And it&#x27;s not about us personally, it&#x27;s about who they take away thus freeing us from being affected by bullying, crime and bad influence.<p>Where I grew up the police was free to come and go as they pleased. That did not stop plenty of bullying, lots of crime and a ton of bad influences being readily apparent and I credit my parents (even though they were divorced), the teachers in my school and my interest in technology for not going down some dumb path (most likely not to be a murderer though).<p>A friend of mine who grew up much the same <i>did</i> in fact end up in a different situation and had none of those advantages that I had, otherwise our situations are mostly interchangeable.