Signs were set up announcing the checkpoint for illegal firearms directly ahead. A decoy checkpoint was directly ahead, however, the real checkpoint would be down a side street prior to the decoy intersection. The goal is to create proactive, assertive police operations that do not violate the laws to achieve the mission. Crime prevented is more beneficial to society than arrests in ever-increasing numbers with no plan or forethought. Police leaders must overcome common problems like low pay, poor morale, understaffed police forces, poorly trained forces, outdated facilities and criminal justice systems that frustrate rather than facilitate police efforts.
Police work is very hard indeed.
If it were otherwise, anyone could do the job. This article is taken from his talk at our international conference on violence and public security in S o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in October 1999.