No exaggeration. Cop totally agreed with me and that it sucked. Told me he was under orders. Nice enough guy, just total misuse of resources. I can see this in sleepy hollow where the police have to invent ways to stay busy. Not so in AC.
Interestingly, the cop's boss, in an interview a year ago as the newly appointed public safety director, pointed to the crime and told of redeploying assets to deal with it. Last summer the rank and file gave her a no confidence vote. Moral is low and the beat goes on. For criminals in AC it's biz as usual as the PD has been ordered to fleece the law abiding citizens with nusiance ticket to boost revenue.