Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) suggested in a podcast appearance that law enforcement’s purpose is to solve, not prevent, crime.

Police departments, including Crockett’s local Dallas Police Department, often devote resources to crime prevention. The DPD’s mission statement says it provides “preventive” services and “strives to reduce crime.”

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Crockett emphasized law enforcement’s role in solving crime rather than stopping it.

“I want to be clear that law enforcement isn’t to prevent crime. Law enforcement

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