Referring to the year 1855, the book NYPD ​ — A City and Its Police described “the impression of many New Yorkers that the thugs and the police were becoming difficult to distinguish. ”
તેથી, પોલીસ પાસેથી રક્ષણ મેળવવાની આશા રાખવાનો કોઈ ફાયદો લાગતો નથી.