9 Frightening Things About America's Biggest Police Force

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11. It's quite possible that there aren't enough cops on the streets

Policing, walking a beat, standing on a corner and keeping an eye out for trouble -- the cops did all these things when I was growing up in New York City. When I was little, my mother told me that if I ever got lost and couldn't find her, I should go up to the nearest cop and he'd see I got home.

Now -- I would think not so much.