Well, sure, because police don’t stop or decrease crime (or even effectively punish criminals, other than on an individual level). Crime is almost entirely caused and cured by economic conditions. Cops just exist to keep the rich from being eaten by the poor - “La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain.”
Most people would steal or murder in order to feed and clothe their loved ones, after all. To quote Anatole France once again, “Innocence most often is due to good fortune and not virtue.”
