content: you are part right, part wrong.  To start with, the notion that "...police don't stop crimes..." is simplistic and utterly fallacious.  Let me give and example, an asshole pulled out a straight razor and attacked myself and another officer, we disarmed him.  WE "stopped" the crime of "assault with a deadly weapon" and/or perhaps even "homicide".  I could go on and on.  What you may have been averring to is the notion that police don't prevent crime.  Please note, I'm not trying to speak for you, just trying to understand.  But, if this was your intent, it is also wrong.  LE prevents crime in a multitude of ways, the simplest being with their presence.  Yes, in LE I responded to calls involving crime, yes I investigated the crime, questioned potential witnesses, gathered evidence, developed suspects, interrogated suspects, apprehended suspects, produced reports of results of my investigations... and when all went according to... testified in court as to such.  But there is a point that neither YOU nor the liars on the left are pointing out.  I'll try to boil it down.  Let's say that you have a corral, and you are responsible for what happens in that corral.  In the middle of the night while you are asleep, some animals sneak or break into your corral, because they're thirsty or hungry...  Now these invaders are residing in YOUR corral, eating your food, drinking your water and expecting YOU to pick up their SHIT!  Then... Some wolves come... and they want to feed off these animals... NOW you are expected to protect these animals too?!  The solution is simple!  Don't allow the illegal animals into your corral, you don't have to feed them, water them, pick up their shit or protect them from anything.  No ILLEGALS = NO PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.