However shrewdly the cops are deployed, they might not have cut crime so dramatically if social trends had not also been moving in the right direction.

不管警察布置如何周密，如果社会大气候没有往好的方向转变，警察还是不能这么大幅度削减犯罪。

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Now his cops feed instantaneous crime statistics into computer maps to spot trends and "find out where the mosquitoes are breeding", and success is measured by crime reduction.

现在他的警员们将最新的犯罪情况数据输入计算机以发现犯罪苗头，“发现蚊子在哪儿繁殖”。治安是否成功以犯罪率的下降为准绳。

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Maybe I could throw the cops off the scent by telling them I saw the guy who committed the crime.

也许我可以告诉警方我看到了罪犯，以此来把他们甩掉。

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Defenders of government monopolies on police services might suggest more gratitude on my part as I would certainly call the cops if a crime were being committed against me and I would certainly call the fire department if my house were on fire.

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