Today the police are free from responsibility of their constituents. Instead they only have to answer to the higher officials. We need an entire over-haul of the system. Similar to in the US, the local sheriff should be elected, thereby making him directly responsible for the lives of those he protects. Yet, one should not have allusions.
Crime comes with market economy and democracy.
However, this does not mean that crime should be allowed to run ramped. We must be tough on crime. As long as the current leadership remains in Russia, there will never be an end to the war. Peace is impossible with Yeltsin in power. I only hope that there is an end to the large-scale fighting.